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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by contravariant on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @11:01AM (#17559037)
I'm not sure if that would bring them in the clear, Microsoft got fined for forcing Internet Explorer onto Windows users for instance.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by redial on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:19PM (#17560799)
No, Microsoft was fined for forcing OEMs to install IE and not preinstall other browsers on PCs if they wanted Windows. It had nothing to do directly with end users.
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