Discussion

• @yegg Gabriel Weinberg on x

  1) A “ballot box” screen could be an excellent way to increase meaningful consumer choice if designed properly. Unfortunately, Google's announcement today will not meaningfully deliver consumer choice. https://twitter.com/...

• @lutherlowe Luther Lowe on x

  LIVE: An active test of European users interacting with Google's new EU Android “Choice Screen” https://app.usabilityhub.com/ ... Early results show that after paying Google for the privilege to appear, 3 non-Google search competitors will share 4% of the market. 🙃https://www.tec…

• @counternotions Kontra on x

  Why is Margrethe Vestager praised as some kind of relentless/effective regulator of tech for EU rather than a VP-of-Policy-in-training for Google or Facebook? https://techcrunch.com/...

• @peterkirn @peterkirn on x

  How is regulating tech giants going? In Europe, Google *auctions off* its search options for cash. That's a nice f*** you to the injured parties. https://www.android.com/... It's supposed to be a remedy, and instead Google just made it its own cash bonus for abusing its monopoly.

• @campaignmag @campaignmag on x

  Google is opening a “sealed” auctioning process that will allow third-party search providers to bid for inclusion on a “choice screen” that appears when users set up their Android phone https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @peterkirn @peterkirn on x

  As the Bloomberg article observes, Microsoft didn't get to establish a per-user tollway and profit from its settlment on IE. Google had been slapped with a multibillion-euro fine. It's the search providers who were presumably injured, but now they pay, not Google?

• @business @business on x

  Google will require rivals to bid in order to become listed as alternative search providers on Android smartphones. The tech giant is trying to to keep deeper competition scrutiny at bay https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @chrisbhoffman Chris Hoffman on x

  At least Android lets you change your default search engine! (Looking at you, Windows 10 in S Mode...) https://twitter.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  You have to admire the sheer audacity of Google. It's a monopoly and now it wants to get out of the EU search judgment by forcing competitors to PAY to be part of a ballot screen on Android. Amazing scenes https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @techcrunch @techcrunch on x

  Google to auction slots on Android default search ‘choice screen’ in Europe next year, rivals cry ‘pay-to-play’ foul https://techcrunch.com/... by @riptari https://twitter.com/...

• @suka_hiroaki Andreas Proschofsky on x

  European Android users are going to get a new setup dialog for choosing a default search provider early next year. This will also change what is used for the search box on the home screen and in Chrome. https://www.blog.google/...