The EU is considering major fines for Google over alleged Android antitrust violations
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European antitrust regulators are set to order Googles parent company Alphabet to stop incentivizing Android phone makers to pre-install Google Search on their phones, according to Reuters and are are also considering imposing a substantial fines on the company.
Last year, European Union regulators lodged a formal antitrust complaint against Google for how the company prominently installed search and other proprietary apps on Android phones. Reuters cited a document that was sent to the company earlier this year, which listed off the specific concerns that regulators had, and which also states that regulators intend “to set the fine at a level which will be sufficient to ensure deterrence.”
This appears to be separate from massive…