- Jun 9, 2013
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Google has been having troubles in Russia for the last year. First, Russian Minister of Communication Nikolai Nikiforov openly attacked Google’s policies on his private Twitter page, claiming unfair monopoly over the mobile market via Android.
Afterwards, Russian search company Yandex (Russia’s biggest search giant) has filed a complaint with the authorities accusing Google of trying to force third-party device manufacturers to make its own search engine the default option.
On top of that, if third-party OEMs want to be given access to the Google Play Store (which is basically a must if you want customers buying your stuff), they have to include more Google applications like Gmail, Google Search, Maps and so on.
But Yandex wants to substitute them with its own versions of Google’s services and keep the Play Store accessibility intact. Such a maneuver will probably unleash the advent of phones which lack a coherent app ecosystem, but apparently in Russia this doesn’t seem to be a problem.
Full article. Russian Agency Deems Google’s Mobile Services Licensing Model Illegal
Afterwards, Russian search company Yandex (Russia’s biggest search giant) has filed a complaint with the authorities accusing Google of trying to force third-party device manufacturers to make its own search engine the default option.
On top of that, if third-party OEMs want to be given access to the Google Play Store (which is basically a must if you want customers buying your stuff), they have to include more Google applications like Gmail, Google Search, Maps and so on.
But Yandex wants to substitute them with its own versions of Google’s services and keep the Play Store accessibility intact. Such a maneuver will probably unleash the advent of phones which lack a coherent app ecosystem, but apparently in Russia this doesn’t seem to be a problem.
Full article. Russian Agency Deems Google’s Mobile Services Licensing Model Illegal
