EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
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EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
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Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#2"The stakes are higher for Google in the Android case as it made about $11 billion last year from advertising sales on Android phones through its apps such as Maps, Search and Gmail, according to estimates by financial analyst Richard Windsor."
I think it's safe to say that this analyst has no idea.
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#3Please do not submit links to mobile versions of the article.
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#4Totally implausible scenario, but what would happen if Google were to say "to hell with this" and just completely pull out of the EU? Like full-stop, nothing Google touching the EU.
Would there be riots? Would governments try to force Google back? Like, are they so essential to digital life that a complete withdrawal would cause some amount of chaos?
And if that's the case, isn't an antitrust suit a bit disingenuous? Isn't that like saying "hey, you guys are dominating over here, we want you to stop, but we also are going to continue to reinforce your dominance by continuing to use all of your services"?
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#5Totally implausible scenario, but what would happen if Google were to say "to hell with this" and just completely pull out of the EU? Like full-stop, nothing Google touching the EU. Would there be riots? Would governments try to force Google back? Like, are they so essential to digital life that a complete withdrawal would cause some amount of chaos? And if that's the case, isn't an antitrust suit a bit disingenuous?…
They wouldn't, but it's an interesting thing to think about.
I mean Google is the #1 search engine basically in the world (excluding some Asian countries who have their own search engines) so if Google was to theoretically block all of Europe, it would be really hard to tell what would happen...
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#6Totally implausible scenario, but what would happen if Google were to say "to hell with this" and just completely pull out of the EU? Like full-stop, nothing Google touching the EU. Would there be riots? Would governments try to force Google back? Like, are they so essential to digital life that a complete withdrawal would cause some amount of chaos? And if that's the case, isn't an antitrust suit a bit disingenuous?…
Google would be shrinking considerably, which is something I think they don't want, so I think antitrust suits are not disingenuous because Google has as much of an interest in operating in the EU as their European users. It's a mutual thing.
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#7Totally implausible scenario, but what would happen if Google were to say "to hell with this" and just completely pull out of the EU? Like full-stop, nothing Google touching the EU. Would there be riots? Would governments try to force Google back? Like, are they so essential to digital life that a complete withdrawal would cause some amount of chaos? And if that's the case, isn't an antitrust suit a bit disingenuous?…
All the Google services would be replaced by (at first lower quality) European versions. This would create a huge investment and tech sector growth wave.
One of the best things to happen to the European tech scene since the beginning of the Internet.
You can see this happening in Russia, China and India although for different reasons.
Even if this case doesn't change anything I think we will see Google's involvement be reduces drastically in the next 5 years due to European Union laws and restrictions.
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#8What about Apple?
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#9What about Apple?
What about them? I don't think you understand the factors that are required for antitrust consideration. Android is like 80% of the market in Europe- you really think Apple is at all in the same foothold there?
Re: EU hits Google with second antitrust charge
#10Totally implausible scenario, but what would happen if Google were to say "to hell with this" and just completely pull out of the EU? Like full-stop, nothing Google touching the EU. Would there be riots? Would governments try to force Google back? Like, are they so essential to digital life that a complete withdrawal would cause some amount of chaos? And if that's the case, isn't an antitrust suit a bit disingenuous?…
That also raises additional questions: there's a process and a set of rules for enforcing such a ruling against a company that a government actually has jurisdiction over (and thus must follow all the operational rules of a "native" company), and a different process and different rules for deciding that an entirely foreign company (with no nexus in the jurisdiction to enforce against) has acted so egregiously that their product should be blocked from importing.
Antitrust concerns commonly get enforced against companies within the country raising those concerns, but I don't know of any example of antitrust concerns raised by a country against an entirely foreign company and used to block imports of the company's products.