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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by cageface on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:13PM (#17561711)
Why would Google continue to license Android to Samsung when it can no longer make any revenue from Samsung phones? At that point it would only make sense for them to throw all their efforts into Pixel and catch up as best they can.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by dvogel on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:28PM (#17561801)
They would negotiate different licensing terms that require the licensee to risk their own capital on a bet that the consumer wants android devices with all of the associated Google services. That would be different from their current position of essentially paying for Google services with an in-kind payment of non-competition.
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