The United States may also investigate whether Google’s Android system has a monopoly

What is even more embarrassing is that Google may be subject to antitrust investigations in the United States. For Google, antitrust investigations are a lingering shadow.

The reason for the monopoly is that Google is free to open Android licenses, but manufacturers are required to bundle pre-installed Google’s various mobile applications.

At the same time, Google will also allow manufacturers not to bundle competitors’ applications through additional payment. These actions are considered to have violated antitrust regulations.

According to news from foreign technology media, the US Department of Justice is already considering investigating whether Google Inc. has violated market dominance.

But from the news point of view, at least the formal investigation has not yet begun, after the US Federal Trade Commission has investigated the Google search monopoly but no results.

All localities are asking Google to unbundle the agreement:

Whether in the United States, the European Union or Russia, the content of these markets is that Google must cancel the bundled agreement and must not interfere with competitors.

But Google disagrees with this approach. Google believes that the Android system open source free means that the company needs to fund the Android system update independently.

The free system also means that Google must be bundled to get revenue, so Google is not willing to give up Android’s protocol bundle from start to finish.

Google executives even called antitrust investigations to make Android a fee:

After the European Union determined that Google’s Android system had anti-monopoly behaviour, Google executives suggested that the anti-monopoly inquiry may eventually cause the Android system no longer free.

In the global mobile operating market, Android has an absolute advantage. Android charges are not easy for global users.

Of course, Android may eventually continue to be free to use, because Google has intentionally wholly replaced Android with the newly developed Fuchsia operating system.

Although Android will not be replaced in a short time, it will not completely die, but if Google releases a new system, then it may not be available for free.

Via: New York Post