Re:The European Commission versus Android
by kungtotte on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:40PM
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I don't know which HN you've been reading, but there's a fairly strong anti-Google sentiment around here...
Re:The European Commission versus Android
by fartcannon on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:37PM
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Due to their past and current behavior, I'm still anti-Microsoft. And I'm definitely anti-Google. Anti Apple, and Amazon, too.
Generally, I'm anti-lock down and anti-spying. I bet a lot of those old anti-MS people feel like I do.
Re:The European Commission versus Android
by bitmapbrother on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:11PM
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>Google didn't even develop Android, they just picked it up and filled it to the brim with their software.
What Google initially bought was no where near a commercially viable product and any remnants of that legacy code probably don't even even exist in the Android code base of today.
>only IMHO worse because Google didn't even develop Android
Sort of like how Microsoft bought MS-DOS, the foundation for Windows 1.0, from Seattle Computer Products. Except for the part where Microsoft then tried to screw them over by suing them and ultimately settling out of court.
I'd love to know how many of the people rallying around Google's defenses now were anti-Microsoft back in the day for doing what is basically the same damn thing they were doing with Internet Explorer, only IMHO worse because Google didn't even develop Android, they just picked it up and filled it to the brim with their software.