Rinenef742 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) Included within the decision, was a ruling that for all new Android devices, Google must offer users a choice in their default search engine. Google created an auction system for rival search engines to appear in the “choice screen”, leading many to once again accuse it of abusing its market dominance for profit, and placing barriers to entry for smaller players that cannot compete. DuckDuckGo wrote a blog post that stated, “This EU antitrust remedy is only serving to further strengthen Google’s dominance in mobile search by boxing out alternative search engines that consumers want to use and, for those search engines that remain, taking most of their profits from the preference menu. There is precedent for such an approach to introduce competition, with a similar case launched by Russia’s competition watchdog, and Yandex growing market share by 20% in the phone number list years post its introduction. However, it seems to have had little impact in the EU thus far, with smaller search engines either unable to afford to compete in the auction or, even when doing so, getting little traction from it. This could be because the choice screen is only displayed on new Android devices, and, according to the rather cumbersomely named Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age. Will greatly increase the importance of listing optimization for products and services. Product searches already have a filter for nearby – which will certainly abet impulsive purchases. Additionally, local has already slowly been building up its integration services with booking engines to allow users to book or buy directly through local listings. Google will continue this process ofof its ecosystem. With the likes of Instagram and Pinterest looking to commercialize their content by allowing people to buy products directly from their platform, Google has been fairly transparent about its intentions to do the same with YouTube in the near future. https://topgoldforum.com/uploads/monthly_2023_04/phone-300x180.png.c38e1ebe604c867910b6f9e3ab7decae.png Edited April 5, 2023 by Rinenef742 don't get backlink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul verma Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 the European Commission, the administrative arm of the European Union, levied a record fine of five billion dollars on Google for breaching the E.U.'s competition rules by, among other things, forcing cell-phone manufacturers to pre-install the firm's search engine and Chrome Web browser on Android phones . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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