Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices
by ocdtrekkie on Thursday October 20, 2022 @09:13PM
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Nobody cares about Chromebooks. They only matter in schools and they're almost certainly illegal in schools, so that will self-solve when those charges get addressed.
Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices
by heavyset_go on Friday October 21, 2022 @12:03AM
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Illegal how?
Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices
by 2000UltraDeluxe on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:00AM
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There are multiple cases being processed in Denmark at the moment. While Chromebooks aren't outright illegal, Google's processing of school children's personal data might apparently violates the GDPR.
Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices
by bombolo on Friday October 21, 2022 @05:43AM
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Minors can't consent to being spied on. And being a school to which they are obligated by law to go, they can't be forced to consent even if they could consent.
For Apple I get it's different since they don't have OEMs selling Macs/iPhones/iPads but I feel like many similar restrictions should apply
Examples:
> Google shall allow the users, during the initial device setup, to choose their default search engine for all search entry points.
> Google shall not offer any monetary/ other incentives to, or enter into any arrangement with, OEMs for ensuring exclusivity for its search services.
Seems like this should go both ways given the previous one.
> Google shall allow the developers of app stores to distribute their app stores through Play Store.
> Google shall not restrict un-installing of its pre-installed apps by the users.
I know Apple has done a better job of this now than in the past but I can't uninstall the dialer on iOS where as I can on Android, as just one example still left. I'm pretty sure I can set the default camera app on Android as well and delete the built in one though I haven't used android in years so no idea if that's still a possibility.
Also, while we're at it. Will any of this apply to Chromebooks?