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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by gowld on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:00PM (#17559550)
So Google could solve this problem by raising the price of its OS, increasing profits and decreasing market share, and leaving a billion with no access to smartphones at all.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by redial on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:27PM (#17560876)
Or, by doing something that is not illegal in the EU: not forcing manufacturers to bundle Google Search if they want to include the Play Store.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by beerlord on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:14PM (#17559647)
Android is free to license. Google makes money from the Android users who then use Search, Gmail, Maps etc. since they are bundled with the phone.
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