If there's one thing I hate about the European Union, It's the way they keep coming up with irrelevant policies every now and then.



I can still understand the fact that Android is one of the most widely used mobile operating system on the market, hence, it is subject to scrutiny and constant assessment by regulators from the countries where it is present. However, now according to the latest reports, Google will charge $40 per device for Android.

This is coming as a result of a fine imposed on Google by the European union. In case you don’t know what happened, in July the European Commission fined the tech giant Google because they felt the company took advantage of Android’s market leadership to force distribution of the search application and Chrome on the various smartphones manufacturers. In exchange, Google provided these companies with a license to access the Play Store at no cost.

The European Commission allegedly considered this anti-competitive, because, it “denied rivals the chance to innovate and compete on merits.” Although it is appealing the fine, the tech giant Google decided to change its licensing rules to comply with the determinations of the European authorities.



This is where the issue of license collection appears. Android itself, when treated solely as an operating system, has open source and zero cost as long as there is no Google app in pre-installation. But to make it minimally usable to the user, you need to include applications and services. But these tools are not free or open source, hence, it is necessary to license them


Before the fine, the manufacturer who wanted to insert a Google application into their device (for example, the search engine) could do so if it installed everything else like Chrome, Maps, To Do, among many others. In return, there was no charge for licensing.


But that was not the only rule, as the tech giant, Google allowed the installation of competing applications. If a manufacturer wanted to distribute the Bing app, for example, it would have to position the Google search engine on the Android home screen. This is what the European Commission has played, essentially As a precaution, the tech giant Google is treating the matter with secrecy, but the documents obtained by The Verge indicate that this licensing scheme will be kept optional. If a manufacturer wants to install Google applications but does not follow the conditions of the company, it can do so, but paying for licensing.

If companies end up paying for licence for Google products expect the price of each phone released by smartphone companies to go up a bit. Unless Google decides to restrict the law to Europe else you’ll be paying more for an Android phone soon.



https://www.naijatechguy.com/2018/10/android-smartphones-may-become-more.html

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hmm

Ok

We will kuku go back to our old phone models and be doing throw back everyday.

It won't work in Nigeria,if it does Aba boys are there to salvage the matter.

Ok

My problem now is how to Meet Nnamdi Kanu

Bad news for Phone freaks and business owners

Oh oh! some of their fans will still react let's keep watching, nonetheless as fr as money is involve

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Last last everybody will be alright

Ehyaaa, for those ppl wey like flashy phones

I know I don't understand anything up there but I'll comment to feel among.

Tech guru like moi

We adsense earners are also affected

If it eventually happens as reported and the EU does nothing or delay doing something and the price of Android phones increase abnormally then it is a deliberate coordinated plan by the two parties to steal from the unsuspecting European Villagers

Infact right now Android phones are more costly in the EU already compared to other continents

Example, Samsung's j5 is sold for 190 euros which is at least 80k in naira. U can check the price in ur area

And this is the major reason uk left EU because joblessness is already killing many the empty but boastful EU countries

This is how EU have killed most of their companies by not encouraging free economies of scale

Thank God

Mtchew.... Chiko don take over

It's for the Europeans

Na only very few of use know what this means.

they know themselves

I see android OEMs coming together to create their own Version of play store

SarkinYarki:
This is how EU have killed most of their companies by not encouraging free economies of scale

I know Buhari supporters are always du** but the EU did the right thing..

I won't expect you to know since you support lifeless leader that put us in recession twice

Britishcoins:
My problem now is how to Meet Nnamdi Kanu

Na today? We re waiting

Okolie! What is this news all about again? Nothing when oyibo no go give us especially we when be black when bad belle no go enter ram. Oya! We day!