Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by bunderbunder on Saturday September 19, 2026 @08:47AM (#49766146)

You would have a heck of a job convincing a court that 60% domestic market share in a two competitor market constitutes a monopoly.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mahboi on Saturday September 19, 2026 @12:21PM (#49767814)

Then how is Google a monopoly at 40%?

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by bunderbunder on Saturday September 19, 2026 @02:58PM (#49769236)

It isn’t, and nobody said it is. The ruling in question did not find that Google had a mobile OS monopoly. It found that they had monopolies in both the ad server and ad exchange markets, and was using them to reinforce each other in an anticompetitive way.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by izacus on Sunday September 20, 2026 @07:06AM (#49774597)

So why would they breakup Android away from Google (essentially killing the product as a whole due to lack of funding from Play) instead of separating the Ad business?

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by LocalH on Saturday September 19, 2026 @12:57PM (#49768163)

That’s not the metric under which Google is seen as a monopoly, and you know it.

It’s search. And ads.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mahboi on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:48PM (#49770757)

No I don't know it. Is that what echelon meant when saying Google needs to be broken up?

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