As if he lived on Marmota's day, Google faces another monopoly accusation. Last summer, A judge in the United States has already ruled That its dominant position in the world of search engines has affected free competition on the market. This is not the only example, but now another adds and has Japan as a protagonist. For the first time in history, Japan acts against great technology like Google and accuses it of unfair competition.
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Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) believes that Google violates antimonopolistic laws
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has published A Order of cessation and withdrawal against Google LLCProtect yourself in the provisions of the antimonopole law.
As explained in this document, Google LLC would have violated article 19 of the law on “trade under restrictive conditions”). The main reason is under the restrictive conditions that Google imposes on Japanese manufacturers of Android devices.
One of the reasons for which he alleys for this accusation is that Google services are installed “wrapped”something that has recently been news for the presumed monopoly on google applications on Android Auto. Thus, the JFTC underlines that the Google Play Store is installed with the Chrome Search application.
In addition, according to an anonymous source, Google offered Advantages for manufacturers who include research applications Alien for him, as the JFTC points out.
More specifically, the American giant could have distributed part of its advertising advantages with manufacturers who have accepted conditions such as chrome establishment as a predetermined browser or excluding competition search engines.
At least six manufacturers, in charge of 80% of the production of Android smartphones in Japan, had signed this type of agreement, According to the Japan Times.
With this command, the JFTC pushes Google to comply with the anti -lord law and prohibits asking manufacturers to ask their applications to present themselves before their Android phone.
For the moment, he has not imposed any economic sanctionBut in the event of non-compliance with the Google application, I could face a fine. The objective of the Japan Fair Trade Commission is to “guarantee free competition in the search engines”.
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