Google engineered an open platform in the core of the Android OS, but later devised tying contracts, software anti-patterns, and a cartel relationship with OEMs to lock Android down and block real competition. It’s tragic that the “Don’t Be Evil” company let it come to this.
A group of 36 states and Washington D.C. have sued Google, alleging that the company’s control over its Android app store violates antitrust law — opening a new front in regulators’ attempts to rein in the search giant.
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