EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users

[Mook]

5
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https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/6300...illion-fine-for-pushing-apps-on-android-users

The European Commission has fined Google $5 billion for violating the European Union's antitrust rules — specifically, by forcing manufacturers of Android phones to install the Google search app and the Chrome Web browser.

"Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine," Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement. "These practices have denied rivals the chance to innovate and compete on the merits."

The tech giant plans to appeal the decision, a Google spokesperson tells NPR.

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[Stink Star]

And they will appeal the decision for the next 10 years and never pay a dime

 

[Flyn]

Google is like an old GF to me.

Loved her during the good times and now she's a stinking whore.

 

[blakbearddelite]

EU thinks this is the way to save their financial crisis.

It's laughable to think that the EU would give a penny of this money back to the people they claim have been hurt.

 

[nytebyte]

Frivolous

 

[VenomousDSG]

Yea, good luck on seeing any of that.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

EU thinks this is the way to save their financial crisis.

It's laughable to think that the EU would give a penny of this money back to the people they claim have been hurt.

$4.5 billion to the -stein and -berg lawyers, $499 million to the parliament, $1 million to the victims.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

We tried it with Microsoft in the early 00s. I want to see Eric up there giving a speech about how it's like a car without a stereo like Bill did.

Now then, when they look in the mirror and start talking censorship or the censorship of Google-esque companies I'd be a lot more interested in what the EU has to say on technology.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

We tried it with Microsoft in the early 00s. I want to see Eric up there giving a speech about how it's like a car without a stereo like Bill did.

Now then, when they look in the mirror and start talking censorship or the censorship of Google-esque companies I'd be a lot more interested in what the EU has to say on technology.

So I buy a new car that has Goodyear tires, can I sue the manufacturer for forcing me to have Goodyear tires on the car? Good grief...

 

[Marko]

Google should also be fined because their search sucks.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

So I buy a new car that has Goodyear tires, can I sue the manufacturer for forcing me to have Goodyear tires on the car? Good grief...

I didn't say anything about it being right, I just said I wanted to see it for the entertainment value. Huge difference.

What I don't like is that you have to root your fucking phone to get the provider installed shit off. I think the OS should be by and large decoupled from the OS where there's no apps to install.