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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by VikingCoder on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:52PM (#17560541)
You are free to not use Android. That is choice.

Everything else that follows is based off of your choice to use Android.

There are consequences to your choices. You don't have a line-item veto, after the fact, on contract terms.

If you want Google to stop open sourcing Android, this is how you do it.

Then you will lose the choice to have Android at all, unless Google is the provider, possibly with Samsung or Jolla as the OEM.

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by r00fus on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @09:57PM (#17563448)
So take it or leave it eh? And what about Google choosing an anti-competitive (i.e. Illegal) business model?
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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by VikingCoder on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @11:50PM (#17563825)
They are far, far more open than iOS. You can actually replace the built-in apps.
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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by ionised on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:30AM (#17565353)
You didn't answer his question.
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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by VikingCoder on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:43AM (#17566732)
I'm attacking the assertion that the business model should be illegal.

The law is currently written that a competitor, who gets twice as much revenue in their app store, and has far stricter controls, is not in trouble.

That's moronic.

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by zaarn on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:25AM (#17573335)
A competitor that has less than 15% of the market on smartphones, 0% of the market on search and under 5% of the market on browsers.

The business model is not illegal but it is if abused to leverage market position against the competition.

Apple doesn't have a large market nor do they leverage their market position to force potential competition out of said market.

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by face_mcgace on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:09AM (#17567006)
Still didn’t answer their question.
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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by VikingCoder on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:23AM (#17567166)
"So take it or leave it eh?" Yes.

"And what about Google choosing anti-competitive (i.e. Illegal) business model?" I think the law should be re-written so its not illegal, or what Google's competitors are doing should also be considered illegal.

I made both of those points abundantly clear. Yes, I did answer their question.

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