[kictanet] [isoc_ke] EU hits Google with Anti-Trust complaint

Fri Apr 22 11:08:56 EAT 2016

"It is the only open platform that is out there that is easily
accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many manufacturers would
like it to work."

Not quite true

Ubuntu (Linux) has a version for phones - still 'beta', although two
(Chinese) phone manufacturers are already shipping phones and tablets
with Ubuntu installed.  This is totally free and open source, with no
ulterior motive behind it.

I, for one, will buy my next phone with Ubuntu - and then have
consistency across all platforms - desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, and
IoT devices.

Note that Android is also built on a Linux base - but with Google's
proprietary 'bits' on top.

On 22/04/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Great points Ahmed.
>
> As I said this is definitely an interesting one to watch and one that has
> lessons for us in Kenya as we grapple with our own 'Dominance' issues.
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> This is a tricky issue in many ways:
>>
>>    1. Android is an appealing product to put onto a Smart Phone platform.
>>    Its not only designed for a Smart Phone, its designed also for TV
>> boxes,
>>    and other appliances. It is the only open platform that is out there
>> that
>>    is easily accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many
>> manufacturers
>>    would like it to work.
>>    2. Google is not doing this for free. Its doing this because it wants
>>    to roll out its services to the manufacturer who may want to receive
>> its
>>    "free" product to kick start their operations.
>>    3. Rival platforms face some problems Android has solved: Either it
>>    being running on costly hardware (iPhone's iOS) or it being not
>> lucrative
>>    as an option to drive hardware sales (Windows, Blackberry, etc).
>>    4. Infact the platforms like iOS, Blackberry, Windows have the same
>>    issues: They either push iCloud (Apple), BlackBerry services or Bing
>>    (Microsoft) as bundled products.
>>    5. Various open attempts have been developed but adoption has brought
>>    them down - a good example of FirefoxOS by Mozilla. FirefoxOS would
>> have
>>    solved this exact same problem. Is it then that the corporates are not
>>    willing to invest in such platforms?
>>
>> Ahmed
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:50 AM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>> Happy Furahi Day!
>>>
>>> Thank you for sharing the piece!
>>>
>>> "One big difference in U.S. antitrust law is that the ultimate barometer
>>> of whether something is illegal is whether it negatively affects the
>>> consumer—for example, by raising the price of a product or service. That
>>> would make it difficult to prosecute Google for antitrust behavior,
>>> since
>>> the vast majority of its products are free. The European Union, however,
>>> doesn’t need to make that argument—it’s free to find Google’s behavior
>>> illegal regardless of what it costs."
>>>
>>> ISOC KE during the next Internet Governance Forum, the Competition
>>> Authority would be a great guest to "demystify this Anti-Trust,
>>> Dominance
>>> terms and practical application.
>>>
>>> Today's local tech start-up may be less concerned, however, it is the
>>> next global tech giant soon.
>>>
>>> Blessed day.
>>>
>>> Regards/Wangari
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>>> ---
>>> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
>>> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God
>>> on
>>> Earth".
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>>>
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>>> On Fri, 22/4/16, Ali Hussein via isoc <isoc at lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Subject: [isoc_ke] EU hits Google with Anti-Trust complaint
>>>  To: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke, ISOC at lists.my.co.ke
>>>  Date: Friday, 22 April, 2016, 3:31
>>>
>>>  Listers
>>>  This should be interesting.
>>>  EU hits Google
>>>  EU officials
>>>   say Google forces phone makers and carriers to
>>>  install its services.
>>>  For many Android
>>>  users, one of the appealing things about Google’s mobile
>>>  operating system is that it is an open ecosystem—anyone
>>>  can install or modify it, since it is open source, and users
>>>  can run any apps they want, something they can’t do on
>>>  Apple’s iOS devices. But the European Union doesn’t see
>>>  it that way. To the EU, Android is a just tool that Google
>>>  uses to expand its mobile and search
>>>  monopolies.Read on:-
>>>  http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/eu-google-antitrust/Ali
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