Google suspends GMS licenses to all new models for the Turkish market Comments
- GMS Horse
- 6v0
Turkey's competition authority ruled that Google should allow users to change the default search engine, which kicked this off. I was thrown off a horse.
- ucant
- iBt
well done turkish
- saw089
- SHp
sad for Google and sad for Turkey....
- Lancewood
- uCm
Whats the problem? You can always buy import sets.
- stobs
- tT1
everyone wants everything for free
you run a company selling cheese. you use your packaging. govt & the crazies say no, you need to let customers choose the packaging. eh, what?
dumb behaviour by EU in both google's and microsoft's case.
even more ridiculous are the comments saying google is the bad guy here. if you dont want el goog android, get something else! stop whining!
- Anonymous
- Jax
Google has been acting like a douche tbh
- Carol
- mVu
Anonymous, 17 Dec 2019This gentleman from Turkey is trying to send a message, but those obsessed anti-Google or anti... moreSad, but true.
- Carol
- mVu
Google-B-Gone, 18 Dec 2019Nope, you didn't get it right at all. Google does NOT own Android. No one does, Android is op... moreWhat? You certently didn't got it right. Google owns android as they bought Android.inc, the company that developed android in 2005. Just because it is "open source" does not mean it stays on the streets. Android is now developed by google and also updated by google, so haw can you even think google works on a system "nobody owns"? Stop telling people such stupidity, it actually hurts my brain when read it. You confuse open source with stray dogs.
- Google-B-Gone
- nby
Anonymous, 18 Dec 2019So let me get this right.
Google owns Android. Google built its empire on Google search.
Go... moreNope, you didn't get it right at all.
Google does NOT own Android. No one does, Android is open source.
The only thing Google does own is their set of bloated spyware apps, which track your every move, just to create profiles of you and sell them to whoever wants them (advertisers, NSA, etc).
Google is already forcing manufacturers to install all of their bloated spyware apps as root, so they cannot be uninstalled. This is severely anti-competitive, but so far, they got away with it. To further enforce their monopoly, they want to prevent people from being able to change the default search engine.
Google already tried the same unfunny crap with the EU, but they got a bloody nose, because they EU doesn't tolerate this. So EU users can now pick a different search engine.
With Turkey Google apparently thinks, they can do whatever they want.
Hope Turkey stays strong in this one, and doesn't let Google extort them.
- Anonymous
- i8x
So let me get this right.
Google owns Android. Google built its empire on Google search.
Google sells Android phones for which google is the search engine.
Turkey wants Google to allow users to use a non google search engine by default.
IT'S A BLOODY GOOGLE PHONE haha
Buy something else if you don't like it. You can still use other search engines. Turkey just
need money. That's what they always do.
On another note you can choose your default search engine on iOS. hmm
- AnonD-731363
- SH3
Well this is like some kind of witchcrafting.
I really dislike companies which acts like we are the only one on earth and you are prohibited to worship anyone else.
- Anonymous
- i84
Anonymous, 16 Dec 2019No turkey (my country) is so sooo stupid. Thanks to those who lead us, we live in the past. We... moreThis gentleman from Turkey is trying to send a message, but those obsessed anti-Google or anti-whatever maniacs are so blind they cannot see it!
If anyone is following politics will understand. Their PM has fallen in love with Russia lately, specially after the US problems with selling htemthe F-35 whatever. So the dictator is playing a political game here against a US company (and supporting a Russian one is not a coincidence). And everyone knows how the courts in that country are influenced by the goverment...
- androidbrick
- DW6
AbstractCure, 16 Dec 2019Any country or corporation, even an individual, is welcome to create their very own mobile OS.... moreWell said.
- L973
- 0xP
Similar situation growing in Russia...
and boy, if only you saw the totally bvtthurt responses from Russians themselves in the lines of "leave Google alone you corrupt !diots!!!!!111".
Tells me everything I need to know. Gosh if you're negative towards yourself and your comra... ahem buddies, how come others will ever be positive towards you?
(No, don't get me started on "Chebournet" or taxes or whatever. In 9/10 cases there's little substance behind the REEEEEEEEE. And when was the last time a law worked like a Swiss watch in Russia? xD)
- saurabhaj1
- Dkc
Anonymous, 17 Dec 2019Google can afford to pressurise a small country because there is no alternative OS to Android... moreSuch rulling was apt in past 15 years ago but today people are smart and will use whatever they like.
They don't give a damn to monopoly.
For e.g,look at insta/fb/whatsapp.
Changing Default will matter only to private companies and competition.
In India,people love whatsapp and they don't care if there is zero competition as long as Whatsapp is free,without ads and secure.
- Eric
- u1v
Trollhammeren, 17 Dec 2019Right up to the point where they will force google out, and people will have to use what's left.The best time for the adoption of Harmony OS. #Huawei @Huawei Take Note!!! lol
- Fahad80
- M3p
abigfanoftechs, 17 Dec 2019Google is f*ing insane ... For me personally, given the choice I would choose Google search e... moreExactly. They are doing similar in EU, surely they can do it in Turkey as well.
- abigfanoftechs
- 99A
Trollhammeren, 17 Dec 2019Right up to the point where they will force google out, and people will have to use what's left.Well, you don't know that for sure.
Do you have a link to where their government said that?
I know that the every government want to control access to information.
But until they ban Google search then I think Google is just being an asshat.
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