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John Kennerson <nobody@isis.cpunk.us> writes:

> Considering that Android is a product of Google, does it really come as a huge
> surprise that Android (for the most part) comes bundled with Google’s own products
> and services, like Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, and so on? Well
> apparently not everyone thinks so because consumer rights law firm, Hagens
> Berman, has recently filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Google.
>
> They are alleging that Google illegally monopolized the internet and mobile
> search market in the US by preloading its own applications onto Android mobile
> devices. This preloading is reportedly part of Google’s Mobile Application
> Distribution Agreements, which the law firm seems to believe is a way for Google
> to monopolize the internet.
>
> If anything this sounds similar to an antitrust lawsuit that Microsoft faced
> in the past over how their Internet Explorer browser came bundled with every
> Windows computer, which to some felt like Microsoft was trying to unfairly
> edge out the competition. It is unclear how this case will proceed but we’ll
> be keeping our eyes on it anyway. In the meantime what do you guys think of
> the lawsuit? Does it have any merit?
>
> http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/05/google-hit-with-antitrust-lawsuit-over-android/
>

The huge difference being of course that IE wasnt a search tool that
archived and data mined everything you did.


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