[Swordmaker]

Ping for your lists

[Kommodor]

Have you stopped abusing your android yet?

[RightGeek]

Google didn’t pay a big enough bribe

[Steely Tom]

Air France aircraft prominently carry the words “Air France” on their fuselages, and on numerous surfaces and locations within. This is discriminatory, and must end.

[ThunderSleeps]

Google emphasizing Google too much? - ANDROID PING!
Android Ping! If you want on or off the Android Ping List, Freepmail me.

[kingu]

"Our concern is that, by requiring phone makers and operators to pre-load a set of Google apps, rather than letting them decide for themselves which apps to load, Google might have cut off one of the main ways that new apps can reach customers."

Hmm, multi-pronged issue here.. First the claim centers around requirements to access the Google Play Store which requires a set of Google services which handles the DRM aspects - that's a unit (and keeping up with changes on that can be frustrating for Kindle owners like me..)

The second issue is the 'install one, install all' policy that Google has for their core apps. If you include Google's browser in your distribution, you also have to include the other Google apps (search, mail, etc.)

I'm unclear where the EU derives the power to determine how companies give away free software, but as Samsung amply demonstrates, you're not locked into a particular browser, mail app or search engine in creating an Android product.

The war, of course, is over your search results - other companies want your eyes, and are finding it increasingly hard to compete with Google on a level field, so are always seeking new and innovative ways to force users to use their awful products.