There might be 1'300 brands and 24'000 devices, but all are bound to the Google conditions. This is not choice.
Phone makers may be free to also pre-install competing apps alongside Googles, but they are not free to not install Googles app. This is not choice.
I'm using a Jolla phone. Its producer (afaik) is not allowed to support the Play Store without accepting the far reaching (now deemed illegal) conditions of Google. A severe hindrance of my choice.
What is this sentence about the rule "sends a troubling signal in favor of proprietary systems over open platforms"? The Google Play Services is closed source and required for quite some Android apps, is it?
Of course you intend to appeal. But from my point of view you deserve every cent of the fine!
There might be 1'300 brands and 24'000 devices, but all are bound to the Google conditions. This is not choice.
Phone makers may be free to also pre-install competing apps alongside Googles, but they are not free to not install Googles app. This is not choice.
I'm using a Jolla phone. Its producer (afaik) is not allowed to support the Play Store without accepting the far reaching (now deemed illegal) conditions of Google. A severe hindrance of my choice.
What is this sentence about the rule "sends a troubling signal in favor of proprietary systems over open platforms"? The Google Play Services is closed source and required for quite some Android apps, is it?
Of course you intend to appeal. But from my point of view you deserve every cent of the fine!