Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android
by fspeech on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:29AM
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I think Google can compete on its own merit without having to be viewed as a monopolist, so I disagree that it won't be pretty for the US. Google will do fine on a more level playing field.
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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android
by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:45AM
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I think the post you replied to may not be referring to Google, but to all the other companies that will have a choice to build for a future Asian giant or US giant (Google). Knowing that they can be cut off by US Gov, may push investment east.
Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android
by NotPaidToPost on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:36AM
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The problem is not Google per se, but the power the US government yields through Google and tech companies in general.
If 50% of Android phones are by Chinese brands then once an alternative exists they will have a big incentive in dropping Android. The end result can only be a massive market share loss for Google.
The same goes for other tech companies like Qualcomm, ARM (not US but in same boat). Anything that can be weaponised.
This is geopolitics and a global strategic issue. Google is just caught in it.