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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by tremon on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @11:05AM (#29176239)
If they stop doing business in Europe, they lose Android dominance in one of the largest, most advanced markets. It might just be what's needed to break the G/A duopoly, and I'm not sure they want to risk losing that.
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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by orteam on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:51AM (#29189255)
Before pulling out, it might be worth it to try to charge for Android, or some freemium model. If half of EU Android users will pay 10 euros a year to get in-car integration and youtube access, it should offset any EU fines.
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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @01:07PM (#29177985)
And what non-Android, non-Apple platform would users switch to?
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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by Jensson on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:43PM (#29180477)
Voids get filled extremely fast when they appear.
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