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0 pointsdagaci3y ago0 comments

This is true, but the case for the acceptance of Android in the Market was that its was and open-platform and open-source. This is what gave it legs despite its early questionable software and hardware merits (the mantra being that you can fix it yourself!). The slow moving EU, a decade++ later is on target from this point of view. ....

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babypuncher3y ago

Android is not really all that open anymore, at least not in the sense that it was in 2010 when AOSP was basically just a de-Googled Android. The AOSP today is more like Darwin is to macOS than Chromium is to Chrome.

I think today's ruling reflects this, as much of it has to do with how Google handles the licensing of their proprietary Android bits.

mhermher3y ago

Not even necessarily the "market" of consumers, but more specifically the market of manufacturers.

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babypuncher3y ago

I think today's ruling reflects this, as much of it has to do with how Google handles the licensing of their proprietary Android bits.

mhermher3y ago

Not even necessarily the "market" of consumers, but more specifically the market of manufacturers.

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