▲ 96 ▼ Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 1 month ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/android@lemdro.id 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Have to wonder if this judgement was influenced at all by Google's decision to block third party app stores? https://keepandroidopen.org/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) It seems it wasn't because they can't be fined today for tomorrow's violations, but they definitely will be fined for this as it directly and explicitely prevents users from installing apps they don't approve permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sours@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Well, they don't care about the overwhelmingly negative response they've gotten, hopefully they'll care about the price tag for this court case and the tone it sets for the judgement at the next court case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) It seems it wasn't because they can't be fined today for tomorrow's violations, but they definitely will be fined for this as it directly and explicitely prevents users from installing apps they don't approve permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sours@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Well, they don't care about the overwhelmingly negative response they've gotten, hopefully they'll care about the price tag for this court case and the tone it sets for the judgement at the next court case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sours@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Well, they don't care about the overwhelmingly negative response they've gotten, hopefully they'll care about the price tag for this court case and the tone it sets for the judgement at the next court case. permalink fedilink source parent