Post B7x2HRFKGHwEyUmCEC by Carsten_O@neander.social
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 (DIR) Post #B7wxUtu8NvW9wBdB1U by murena@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mastodon.social/@gael/116850773005363851🇪🇺 EU Court confirms €4.1bn Google fine - largest antitrust penalty ever by the EU Commission.Google:🔸 Forced pre-install of Search & Chrome for Play Store access🔸 Paid manufacturers exclusively🔸 Blocked forked Android versionsLess competition = fewer user choices.At Murena, we build an ecosystem without vendor lock-in. Your data, your choice.BBC coverage👇#Android #deGoogle #BigTechRT: https://mastodon.social/users/gael/statuses/116850773005363851
       
 (DIR) Post #B7x2HRFKGHwEyUmCEC by Carsten_O@neander.social
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       @murena #Volkswagen is relying on Googles Play Integrity API blocking alternative Android distributions from their App.In the moment I’m in fight with the Volkswagen customer support  (I suppose it’s only a chat AI).Which EU legales can I draw to compete them?
       
 (DIR) Post #B7x4mWgkHFw6jsYMMa by xs4me2@mastodon.social
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       @murena A beginning indeed!
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xTHd9egRXufeRLRQ by simou_dz@mastodon.social
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       @murena I like that a lot, I hate big tech. I m using gnu/Linux and FOSS since 25 years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B81yIomun7nUFegoG8 by patrickleavy@mastodon.social
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       @murena Google's profit in 2025 was $132.17 billion, which is about €115.6 billion. So this fine was 3.5% of their profits. Should have been more. They'll just chalk this up as 'the cost of doing (dirty) business'.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9DsFdUKnHb4olPFgm by apnoe_soeren@mastodon.social
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       @murena Asking on street if they know other search engines than google => Nope.