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| From | Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: (No Subject) |
| Date | Fri, 02 May 2014 17:33:15 +0200 |
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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. -- "I have a BSEE.... Negative feedback has many benefits, but "maintaining stability" is not one of them. Just the opposite, in fact." The turdv/chrisv idiot and his pretend BSEE degree. PLEASE VISIT OUR HALL OF LINUX IDIOTS http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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(No Subject) John Kennerson <nobody@isis.cpunk.us> - 2014-05-02 11:26 -0400
Re: (No Subject) Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 17:33 +0200
Re: (No Subject) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-02 08:41 -0700
Re: (No Subject) Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 11:19 -0700
Re: (No Subject) Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 11:34 -0400
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