Google Hints At A Future Where Android Might NOT Be Free
After getting slapped by EU with a record fine of $5 billion for abusing the dominance of the Android operating system, Google has released an official statement hinting a future where Android might not be free.European Commission fined Google for “three types of restrictions that [it] has imposed on Android device manufacturers and network operators to ensure that traffic on Android devices goes to the Google search engine.”
A tweet was later posted by Google after the decision saying, “Android has created more choices for everyone, not less.”
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</twitterwidget>Later, a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] was also released on the official blog with the same title. In the post, Google took a firm stand for itself and said that Android has helped 1,300 different smartphone manufacturers to develop Android-based mobiles. Justifying its decisions by saying, Google said that open source platforms need to balance the needs of everyone to be successful.
Google also countered the EU’s statement which said that the tech giant has prevented manufacturers wishing to pre-install Google apps by saying that it’s easy to remove a preloaded app and replace it with an alternative.
The company warned that EU’s decision could lead to drastic changes in the operating system paradigm prevalent in the smartphone sector. So far, Google has not charged anything from smartphone manufacturers for making use of their technology and have not bound them in a “tightly controlled distribution model.” However, it has reaped benefits by including their services forcefully in phones to amass all the traffic to their products.
Google hinted that the harsh decision would force it to charge Smartphone manufacturers for Android platform which would disturb the proprietary systems over open platforms.
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