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Re:Google faces EU antitrust fine over Android case by Brakenshire on Thursday June 07, 2018 @11:10AM (#17256432)
The effective monopoly is in access to the Play Store, which requires Play Services, which is strongly controlled by Google.
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Re:Google faces EU antitrust fine over Android case by beenBoutIT on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:53PM (#17258350)
Google Play Services enable Google to guarantee a consistent UX across a wide range of OEM devices. Anyone with a Nexus device can build and flash an AOSP eng/debug image and manually install just the Play Store to understand why Play Services are a requirement.
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