Margerethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition in the European Union, believes that Google cannot force smartphone manufacturers to offer Google Chrome and Google Search as follows. default apps. As the Washington Post reports, the Mountain View firm is accused of supporting its own ecosystem to establish its dominance in the market, which could be considered unfair competition.
Chrome: Google annoys the EU by imposing its browser on Android smartphones
Currently, smartphone manufacturers have to follow strict rules, especially to get the famous Android license, which allows access to the Google Play Store. One of the prerequisites to qualify is that Google Chrome is faster than Firefox and Edge by benchmarks, plus Google Search is preinstalled on their smartphones. This is the point that Margerethe Vestager specifically makes.
If it doesn’t change its policy, Google could be threatened with a hefty fine. There is also the possibility of pushing the Mountain View firm to make it easier for users to change the search engine than it is now. We recall that in June 2017, the European Union fined Google 2.42 billion euros for abuse of dominant position. Specifically, it was accused of favoring Google Shopping at the expense of competing services.
“No one is forced to use Google apps, but if you want to have certain apps you must have the full package”, vindicates Jakob Kucharczyk, vice president for questions about competition and regulatory policies of the European Union for the Computer and Communication Industry Association, an American organization that represents Google. He explains that this allows the group. “make it possible to finance the development of the open source operating system”.
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