The Microsoft case wasn’t brought about by Compaq and Dell either even though they were being hosed [0]. While the case was brought by states and DOJ, there was lots of pressure from Netscape/Sun. Not really their hardware partners.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
Sure, but you can't make the claim that Samsung is then being screwed over by Google.
> Not really their hardware partners.
Sure, and Samsung preloads its own browser today.
Because you have no information to make that conclusion.
But if you want to make a wild guess, sure, go ahead.
So, change that refutation to "what is your evidence taht they are getting screwed over by Google?" On that, you have my complete agreement.
Samsung / Sony / etc are companies with a lot to lose, and they correctly calculated that "better the enemy you know". Their entire mobile business depends on a good relationship with Google, so it's blindingly obvious that they won't bite the hand that feeds them.
Internally, they're probably throwing parties that the big bully is punished by the headmaster.
Ouch, ad hominem attacks?
Come on, you can do better than this.
Except that microG doesn't work. It is even far behind Amazon's own implementation of GMS, and Amazon has dumped piles of money into it.
> The same manufacturers that Google has been screwing over with its anti competitive practices...
Surprisingly, the manufacturers aren't the ones filing the anti-trust complaints in this case. The case was brought initially by Oracle, Microsoft & company.