Meanie EU is punishing us for being clever moans Google – Fudzilla
Nothing to do with being an evil monopoly
Search engine outfit Google has moaned to Europe’s top court that the big mean European Commission was punishing it for being innovative.
For those who came in late, the Commission slapped Google with a record 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) fine for running agreements requiring phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search, the Chrome browser, and the Google Play app store on Android devices, while restricting them from using alternative versions of the Android operating system. EU regulators determined that these conditions stifled competition.
After lower courts largely endorsed the Commission, Google appealed to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), arguing that the penalty unfairly punished the company for its innovation and market success.
Google lawyer Alfonso Lamadrid argued before the court that while the company acknowledges its legal responsibilities, the Commission overreached in its…
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