Google has been fined 4.34 billion euros from the European Union!

Today 's lawyers and Google representatives have heard the European Commission' s decision to pay an incredible fine of 4.343865 billion euros for android. This is due to multiple violations of Google's dominance. The reason? Androide was (and is) the default search engine of Google, Google Chrome, and so on

The amount of the fine was calculated on the basis of Andean advertising revenue from 31 EEA countries (European Economic Area). The EU has the right to impose a fine of up to 10% of the total annual business turnover of the company, which would amount to 110 billion euros. dollars. So, if we calculate correctly, the amount of the fine is only 2 weeks of Google revenue.

According to Margrethe Vestager, competition commissioner, Google violated the rules of competition precisely because it made it impossible for smartphone manufacturers and other Android devices to be the default search engine other than Google itself

This is happening since 2011, when Google (currently Alphabet), according to the Eurocommissioners, has limited the opportunity for competition to compete in this area. European consumers have been excluded from the benefits of competition

In addition, Google has also violated the rules of competition by making impossible the sale of Android-based devices or their base in Europe. For example, Amazon Fire TV running on FireOS (modified by Android OS) is not yet available in Europe

According to Google "the Commission's decision does not take into account the level of competition at which Android is exposed by iOS, confirmed by 89% of respondents in its own market research.At the same time, it does not even take into consideration the wide choice of Android to offer to thousands of mobile phone manufacturers and d & rsquo; Mobile operators who manufacture and sell Android devices; second to millions of app developers around the world who have created their business on Android and finally billions of consumers who can now afford to buy and use state-of-the-art phones. " Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet,

" Android Expands Options, Not the Same " reverse. A vibrant ecosystem, a rapid pace of innovation and lower prices are typical of a strong competitive environment. " said Alžbeta Houzarová, head of communication for Google for the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Currently, Google (Alphabet) has 90 days to remove this bug.If this is not the case, companies are also subject to a penalty of 5% of the total daily business count

Source EK, Google