The European Union, Google has warned of a fine that the European Commission may move to impose. The search giant could, in fact, according to the Commission, abuse of the dominant position around its operating system. This is evident from a document that is in the hands of the English news agency Reuters.
Google "punishes and threatens"
Google would smartphonefabrikanten namely to pay for his services on the device to install and have Google as default search engine. In addition, manufacturers may, that the services do not install do not use the Play Store. That is the "to punish and threaten" of companies that do not agree with the rules for the use of Android and Google needs to stop, says the European Commission.
size of the fine
Officially, the European Union has still not brought out about the amount of the fine. Therefore, there are no exact figures known. Notice in Reuters that the Commission in the document talks about a "penalty fee that is sufficient deterrence to ensure." This would be for the Commission, for example, may rely on different sources of income of Google, such as reclameomzet and purchases in the Play Store.
Apple addressed
Google is not the only technology company in Europe approach. Brussels called namely also recently Apple on the mat. In fact, the U.s. company must according to the European Commission thirteen billion euros in overdue tax to pay. That would be piled up by an illegal belastingdeal with Ireland. Both the Irish government and Apple have indicated it does not agree with the decision of the Commission.
Source: Reuters via NU.nl
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