Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle have filed a complaint with the European Commission on the monopoly of Android applications from Google

In Europe, it seems, another antimonopoly trial is coming, only this time regarding the “Corporation of Good”, i.e. Google (by the way, this phrase, “Corporation of Good,” I see less and less in the media, in relation to Google). According to Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle and other authors of the lawsuit (who make up the Fairsearch Europe group), Google is playing an unfairly competitive game thanks to Android.

The fact is that the operating system itself is free, yes. But as a “fee”, Google requires developers of hardware platforms for Android to place applications on the desktop of smartphones and tablets that are related to Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, and others. And this dominance of Google’s “native” service applications, according to the Fairsearch Europe group, makes it virtually impossible to compete with this company in the field of mobile applications.
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The leading lawyer of the Fairsearch Europe group even called Android a “Trojan horse” whose goal is to reduce the influence of partners, monopolize the mobile market, and establish control over user data. As an example, Fairsearch Europe cites Google’s market share in the search engine market for mobile platforms: about 96%. As for the mobile devices sold in the world, 70% of them work on the basis of Android.

Previously, the Fairsearch Europe group has already opposed Google search policy, claiming that this company gives its own services an advantage over the rest. And so far the proceedings are ongoing.

In principle, there is a fairly real possibility that lawmakers from the European Union will force Google to change its own policy on the placement of native applications for Android devices. Earlier, the same Microsoft was fined huge sums due to the placement of its player and browser in its own operating system, which, according to the plaintiffs, did not allow other companies to develop competitive products.

Via theverge