Google’s Android operating system could be about to get a big overhaul after a European antitrust investigation accused the company of breaching competition law. Google makes around $11 billion from advertising within its apps, according to the Guardian, and the European Commission has now presented an investigation that has found it’s actually favoring services like Search, Play Store and Chrome over competitors’. That’s typically being done by forcing handset makers and operators to pre-load them onto devices, with the accusation it’s even used “financial incentives” to ensure its services are the “default” or even “exclusive” ones present on different devices. After a year-long investigation Margrethe…
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Wednesday, 20 April 2016
