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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by hopler on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:02AM (#19441585)
Google could satisfy EU by cancelling OEM Android licensing programming and reducing consumer choice to Google phones only, relegating OEMs to suppliers like "good" Apple, and putting most OEMs out of business. Good job, EU.
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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by cbg0 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:30AM (#19441895)
Google could do that, but it would hurt their business tremendously, as the amount of diverse brands which provide their own unique flavor on top of Android is what helps them keep this dominance.

Reducing the choice to just Google phones running Android will spark other providers to develop their own OS and increase competition in the market, which would indeed lead a great deal of people to say "Good job, EU" if the EU was the catalyst for such a scenario.

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Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising by hrktb on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:26AM (#19443112)
The reason android exists was to allow OEMs to compete with Apple.

Google could shut it down and only publish their own phones, but they don't have the chops to become a premier customer goods maker. The field would be free for Apple until Samsung catches up. In the end Google lose negotiation power in getting their search engine, browser and services on Apple's and Samsung phones.

Basically they would be the main loser in the move.

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