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posted by mrpg on Friday July 07 2017, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the Fine-7.1.2 dept.

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


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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Saturday July 08 2017, @01:00AM (1 child)

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday July 08 2017, @01:00AM (#536339)

    The problem with DuckDuckGo is that it won't give the breadth of results that google.com does.
    Any solution?

    Only two solutions in the short term:

    (1) Keep feeding the monster;
    (2) Use an alternative such as DuckDuckGo and accept a smaller breadth of results.

    Neither is particularly good. I've gone for (2) since if enough people do likewise google might reform. Eventually.

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  • (Score: 1) by toddestan on Saturday July 08 2017, @10:15PM

    by toddestan (4982) on Saturday July 08 2017, @10:15PM (#536662)

    I've been using DuckDuckGo, and while it does return a smaller number of results than Google, I've found the difference is that Google's results are just pages and pages of useless filler mixed in with actual useful results that DuckDuckGo found. I used to search Google if I couldn't find what I was looking for with DuckDuckGo, but I've stopped that as it's been a while since I've actually found something useful with Google that DuckDuckGo missed. Now if I try that, I'm just reminded why I gave up on Google years ago.