[Al Jazeera] US tech giant forced major phone makers to pre-install its search engine and browser, EU anti-trust chief says| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| EU hits Google with $5bn fine for breaking competition rules |
| 2018-07-19 |
| [Al Jazeera] US tech giant forced major phone makers to pre-install its search engine and browser, EU anti-trust chief says |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is on Google for ignoring/forgetting that the EU popped Microsoft for over $700M in 2013 for similar shenanigans. |
| Posted by: Jack Bonaparte7513 2018-07-19 13:47 |
| #5 I'm waiting for some enterprising start up to put Linux on cell phones and tablets. Linux beats the crap out of iOS and Android. If you get Linux you have a real computer, not a toy. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-07-19 12:29 |
| #4 The same logic can be used against Apple, Microsoft & package based Linux distributions. Perhaps other industries too like auto companies with captive parts lines. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-07-19 11:57 |
| #3 Yes. While this is outrageous, it is hard to work up a lot of sympathy for Google. |
| Posted by: Tom 2018-07-19 11:39 |
| #2 It's the same Google who fired a guy for saying that men make better programmers then womyn? The same Google who helps Chinese authorities to identify dissidents? Red on Red baby! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-19 07:39 |
| #1 Another "fuck you USA" from our valued ally, Europe. We just cannot exit there fast enough. If Google were one of theirs it certainly wouldn't be getting attacked. Of course Europeans could never give birth to a raging success like Google. I think resentment is part of the constant harassment of American companies in Europe. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-07-19 07:32 |