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Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 86 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Now lets use part of that money, to fund the development of open alternatives and interoperable protocols / standards. We cannot break a duopoly, if there aren't any alternatives, otherwise it will keep being a duopoly.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    4 billion can go a very long way.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Believe it or not, straight to data centers

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  • [+] -11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Datacenters are not inherently bad...

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    We are talking about developing alternatives to US services, which, surprise, will need datacenters to run. You don't provide email to 700 million people from an old laptop in a basement.

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