Google reportedly offered Android changes to EU in 2017
The European Union may have characterized its $5 billion Android antitrust fine as punishment for an intransigent Google, but the practical reality might be different. Bloomberg sources have claimed that Google offered to make changes to its Android policies in August 2017, not long after it received an EU antitrust penalty for its product search practices. Although Google didn't dive into specifics, it had offered to "loosen restrictions" in Android contracts and had considered distributing its apps in "two different ways."
The EU wasn't having it, according to the sources. Officials reportedly said only that a settlement was "no longer an option," and that Google's offer was "too little too late."
Also at Business Insider and BGR.
Previously: EU Fines Google $5 Billion for Android Antitrust Violations
(Score: 2, Disagree) by zocalo on Tuesday July 24 2018, @10:46AM (2 children)
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @03:18PM (1 child)
> both Apple and Microsoft (because of Surface) need to be getting their legal ducks in a row because it seems highly likely they'll be next up for making a contribution to the EU's budget for similar own-brand limitations.
Unlike Google, Microsoft and Apple make their own devices -- and no-one else does. There are no Samsung iPhones or LG Surfaces. So this...
> Google's practice of insisting that vendors include a suite of Google's apps as a condition of being able to access the Google store
... does not apply.
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Tuesday July 24 2018, @05:37PM
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!