http://www.theverge.com/google/2015/...oid-a-monopoly
"A report from Bloomberg this morning suggests that US antitrust regulators are looking into whether Google has engaged in anticompetitive practices with its Android operating system. It seems a preposterous question to ask, but might Android constitute an actual monopoly?"
"Without competitive app stores of their own, Sony, LG, Motorola, and all other Android phone makers in Europe and the US have no reasonable alternative but to accede to Google’s dictates, whatever they may be. They technically still have a choice — these companies are coming to Google rather than the other way around — but it’s only a choice between a potential Google-driven success and a certain, ignominious failure with any other OS."
"There’s also a touch of irony in Google’s openness to doing business with other companies now exposing it to suspicions of anticompetitive behavior — Apple and Facebook are also enjoying dominant positions, but the fact they’re more stringently walled off and guarded actually works in their favor."
"arguable that other tech giants, such as Apple and Amazon, are better subjects for antitrust investigations, but ....."
"A report from Bloomberg this morning suggests that US antitrust regulators are looking into whether Google has engaged in anticompetitive practices with its Android operating system. It seems a preposterous question to ask, but might Android constitute an actual monopoly?"
"Without competitive app stores of their own, Sony, LG, Motorola, and all other Android phone makers in Europe and the US have no reasonable alternative but to accede to Google’s dictates, whatever they may be. They technically still have a choice — these companies are coming to Google rather than the other way around — but it’s only a choice between a potential Google-driven success and a certain, ignominious failure with any other OS."
"There’s also a touch of irony in Google’s openness to doing business with other companies now exposing it to suspicions of anticompetitive behavior — Apple and Facebook are also enjoying dominant positions, but the fact they’re more stringently walled off and guarded actually works in their favor."
"arguable that other tech giants, such as Apple and Amazon, are better subjects for antitrust investigations, but ....."



