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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @11:31AM (2 children)
> 1. The company fucks everyone.
How? I don't have a Google account and use fdroid.
> 2. Govs: stop right there, criminal scum.
Criminal scum: nice profits you have there
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @11:18PM (1 child)
Do you like having a choice of services?
Do you like competition driving innovation?
Did you like Maemo or MeeGo, CyanogenOS, FirefoxOS, or even Windows Mobile?
If you answered "yes" to any of the above then congratulations, you've been fucked by Google's anticompetitive practises.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 25 2018, @01:05AM
So is the recent Google investment in/support of KaiOS Embrace or Extend?