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Google was hit with a record-breaking $2.7 billion fine last month by the European Commission for breaking antitrust laws. The EU says Google demoted rivals and unfairly promoted its own services in search results related to shopping. While the fine is the largest antitrust judgement ever, an even bigger fine could be on the way for Google.
Reuters reports that EU regulators are considering another record-breaking fine for Google over its Android operating system. The European Commission has been investigating Android after rivals complained that Google has been abusing its market dominance. Google has been accused of limiting access to the Google Play Store unless phone makers also bundle Google search and Chrome apps. Google has also reportedly blocked phone makers from creating devices that run forked versions of Android, as part of an anti-fragmentation agreement.
While Reuters suggests the potential Android fine could top the $2.7 billion penalty, a bigger concern for Google will be whether it's forced to dramatically alter Android and unbundle key parts. Android has long been considered as open source software, but Google has slowly been adding key components into its Google Play Services software and associated agreements.
Source: The Verge
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday July 07 2017, @01:50PM (4 children)
don't pull hidden meaning from a math post.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @04:34PM (3 children)
What matters is profit.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday July 07 2017, @04:45PM (2 children)
100 / (89.46 / 2.7).
I'm pretty sure my math is fine. I find your comment nicely representative of the state of things though in more ways than one. Good job.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @04:57PM (1 child)
Firstly, you've missed the point; revenue is not what is important, but rather profit
Secondly, your arithmetic expression suggests that you have a very strange way of thinking about percentages.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday July 07 2017, @05:03PM
Oh yeah I'm a big self-taught retard. Check out Eagle Academy in Golden Valley. Now closed, this was where I started pre-alg. Totally fucked me over. Taught by principle because math teacher quit.
In any case you can jump down my throat all you want but my post had a simple goal of expressing proportion that was accomplished and was factual. I'm not sorry that bothers you. Intuitively interpreting and expressing these things has worked for me better than your impotent rage works for you. I guarantee it. :)
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