EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practices, fine expected

Re:EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practice... by danieldk on Saturday October 01, 2016 @02:08PM (#12619105)

Google can exert a large amount of control over device makers --- Android without Google Play Services and the Google Play Store is pretty useless. (Unless you have Amazon's scale and can clone all that.)

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Re:EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practice... by totitipo on Saturday October 01, 2016 @02:58PM (#12619350)

Android without Google Play Services/Store is not useless at all. Ask any Chinese Android user.

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Re:EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practice... by ocdtrekkie on Saturday October 01, 2016 @03:13PM (#12619414)

In China, apps Chinese citizens want are available in app stores available there. Everywhere else, Android apps people want are solely available through Google's store. And the only reason China has a competitive Android market: Google doesn't operate there. In fact, China proves what's so bad about the Play Store: We can definitively see how much more freedom exists if Google is axed from the equation.

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Re:EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practice... by Fazzle on Saturday October 01, 2016 @06:09PM (#12620097)

I don't think most of the Chinese app stores are good examples though. Too much piracy, too many repackaged apps and security nightmares.

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Re:EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practice... by hooluupog on Saturday October 01, 2016 @09:59PM (#12620753)

On the contrary,China proves what's so bad without the Play Store and GCM.Android is a mess there.

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