Google has fined 72.8 trillion rupees, why can Apple escape? – International

Medanbisnisdaily.com-Jakarta. Google has just been fined 4.34 billion euros or 72.8 trillion rupees by the European Union for judging the monopoly of the mobile platform market with Android. But why did not the EU follow Apple?

In fact, Apple also requires that iPhone users use their own applications. Apple has previously removed the built-in versions of Google Maps and YouTube when updating iOS 6 and continues to develop competing Google Maps applications

According to a report released by the European Commission, the fines imposed on Google consider Android as a different operating system. iOS is more exclusive.

iOS is only available for Apple devices, but Apple does not license its mobile operating system to third parties. Apple is therefore free to use its own application on the device that it has released.

"They produce a complete package and can not be accused of exerting illegal pressure on manufacturers," said Bloomberg columnist Leonid Bershidsky, quoted by Saturday 21/7.

Google authorizes Android to third parties and benefits from third-party companies and devices that they launch. Therefore, Google is targeted by the European Union.

In addition, the overall market share controlled by both is also a factor. The iPhone dominates the high-end smartphone market, but controls only 15% of the global smartphone market. While Android controls 85% of the global smartphone market.

But, Bershidsky said that the EU should also pay attention to Apple's business practices. He notes that there are two things that Apple can do to target them for future monopoly investigations.

First, the inability of iPhone users to search for apps in stores other than the App Store. To access an application other than the App Store, iPhone users must perform a "jailbreak", but this process may stop the operating system updates.

Second, Apple does not allow iPhone users to choose third-party apps to become default apps. So, if you download Google Chrome on your iPhone and want to open the link, the link will automatically open in Safari.

"It's even more anti-competitive than just preinstalling the proprietary software and hoping that users will keep it because it's pretty good," Bershidsky explained. (dtn)