In tandem with a legal brief filed in an EU antitrust case, Google has gone public with its defense: That Android stimulates innovation and increases choice for consumers. Ha!
That’s not the message that EU regulators have delivered, of course. In April, the European Commission charged Google with with violating antitrust laws by forcing its hardware maker and wireless carrier partners to bundle its own apps and services in the dominant Android mobile OS.
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