Re:Microsoft stops Google being used for Cortana searches
by vr3690 on Friday April 29, 2016 @12:18PM
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Google develops Android for a reason - so you use Google more often rather than its competitors. It's a simple business decision.
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Re:Microsoft stops Google being used for Cortana searches
by kuschku on Friday April 29, 2016 @01:30PM
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Which they can not legally do. That’s the point of Antitrust laws, to prevent one company unfairly taking over a market through their power in other markets.
Google has to treat all competing services the same as their own on Android or Search – in general, in all markets where they have a majority.
Microsoft had to add BrowserChoice.eu, and Google will have to add the same for Android, too. Microsoft was prevented from forcing OEMs to install Windows everywhere, and Google’s Anti-Fork Anti-Kindle clause will be declared invalid, too.
This is the law, and if Google wants to avoid doing so, they’ll have to avoid operating in the EU.