Tag: Android
The Notion Of Abuse After The Android Judgment (Case T‑604/18): What...
By: Pablo Ibañez Colomo (Chillin' Competition)
The Android judgment was widely awaited, not only because of its implications for the Commission’s policy, but because the underlying legal issues...
Google Extends Third-Party Play Store Payments To More Countries
Google’s answer to enabling third-party payment options in the Google Play Store — User Choice Billing — is now being piloted in more countries to let...
Google Store Refuses Truth Social Android App
Former US President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet's Google Play Store due to insufficient...
Mobile Ecosystems: Competition and Transparency
This article presents propositions about competition and transparency in the mobile ecosystem consisting of various submarkets. Facilitating competition is a major goal of competition...
UK Has Google Change Privacy Policy On Android
Google is expanding its Privacy Sandbox to Android devices and the UK’s antitrust watchdog is set to play a crucial role in ensuring that...
Competition, Defaults, and Antitrust Remedies in Digital Search
The rapid growth in digital platforms and information technology are greatly affecting how consumers discover and purchase products, making online markets the most attractive...
Google Tells EU Court New Updates Give Android A Chance Against...
Payments to phone makers to pre-install only Google Search on their devices were not aimed at preventing competition, but were necessary for Android to...
Google In Court To Appeal EU’s Android Antitrust Case
Google is heading to a top EU court Monday, September 27, to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition through the...
Antitrust & Privacy: It’s Complicated
By James C. Cooper & John M. Yun (George Mason University)
Privacy and antitrust are on a collision course. Increasingly, privacy practices of large digital...
Google Allows Rival Search Engines On Android Devices In EU For...
Alphabet unit Google has bowed to pressure from rivals and will let them compete for free to be the default search engines on Android...