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🇪🇺 EU Court confirms €4.1bn Google fine - largest antitrust penalty ever imposed by the EU Commission (www.bbc.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google...

🔸required Android makers to pre-install Search & Chrome for Play Store access

🔸paid manufacturers exclusively

🔸blocked other Android versions

Less competition = fewer choices for users.

At Murena, we propose a full ecosystem without vendor lock-in. Your data, your choice.

👉 Read the full article by BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj0pp5p62o?app-referrer=deep-link

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago

"significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free".

Haha. "Open" is history and "free" it never really was. The currency to use it was personal data.

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