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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by pstric on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @06:44AM (#17557071)
> Android doesn't have a monopoly. Apple does fine in Europe and their devices can be bought everywhere.

As an independen device maker, you wouldn't be able to put iOS on your devices. Android has a huge margin over other viable alternatives.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by dlp211 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @09:30AM (#17558186)
As an independent phone maker, if this was their concern, they should have backed one of the other dozen or so attempts at a phone OS. No one forced them to choose Android.

They also have the option to write their own OS anytime they want.

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