It can be said that Google has completely controlled the mobile phone market of in underdeveloped countries. Faced with the decline in the market status of US companies, various countries have also dared to "fight hard". After the regulatory results in India were released, it issued a fine of US$160 million to Google. Will it affect Google's status? Will the Android system suffer a heavy blow?
Google's status is declining?
Google's Android system has exceeded 2 billion in total user base. Although there is still a competition market for IOS systems, Apple has always been committed to the high-end field. It is difficult for Android system to reach this level due to system defects. Therefore, it can be said that completely monopolizes in the mid- and low-end market.
chips and systems have always been controlled by American companies. The IOS+A series chip combination is unmatched. The Qualcomm +Android combination is also very capable. After monopolizing the market, they began to use this advantage to dominate the market and exclude competitors. While consolidating their own position, they also bundled their own services to obtain the greatest benefits.
In the past, given the strong technology of US companies, all countries chose to swallow this "dumb loss". However, with the beginning of relevant restrictions, global industrial cooperation was interrupted, and US companies naturally could not enjoy this result. EU took the lead in breaking traditional laws and forcibly formulated some market rules, requiring US companies such as Apple and Google to abide by it.
, and Apple has suffered multiple fines from the EU due to payment systems and cancelling chargers. You should know that Apple uses the exclusive Lightning interface, which can generate an additional revenue of over 10 billion US dollars every year, but the fine is not very strong. Compared with the profits caused by violating the rules, it is a drop in the bucket. Cook is naturally unwilling to compromise.
Faced with the unrepentance of Apple's , the EU has also released a big move. If is not executed according to the rules, the standard of fine will be upgraded to 10% of the annual total revenue, which means that the fine will be directly increased to tens of billions of dollars. As the main revenue market in , Apple naturally cannot give up. After such a precedent, many countries have begun to follow suit and have to be forced to compromise.
. Although the Android system is an open source system, the third APP can be accessed at will, but it is not as fair as imagined. According to foreign media, India issued a fine of US$160 million on Google, and the reason given is that the Android system has corresponding monopoly behavior.
Android system is the only operating system in the Indian market, there must be conclusive evidence to issue such a fine. The monopoly behavior of Google's company has been reflected in Huawei since the previous . Google uses GMS service to control Android phones. Once the service authorization is stopped, the phone will instantly become a brick. Will the Android system be hit hard? After Google interrupted GMS services, Huawei's mobile phones sold overseas became "bricks". Although the subsequent HMS service was up in time, the decline in sales was still irreversible. Only then did Huawei make up its mind to develop the Hongmeng system. After the release of version 3.0, it had completely escaped from Google's constraints. But the Indian market is different. Without a self-developed operating system, you can only let it "take it". But what Google did not expect was that India would respond so quickly. This time Google's monopoly behavior involved is well known, that is, Google services will be preinstalled on Android phones, and they cannot be uninstalled even if they want to, which directly compresses the space of competitors. This time, in addition to issuing a fine of US$160 million, India also requires Google to allow users to uninstall pre-installed programs and cannot have any "bundled sales" cooperation agreements with mobile phone manufacturers. Competitors should enter appropriately to avoid complete monopoly. And Google is naturally unwilling to compromise so quickly. The person in charge of also claimed: "India's unilateral decision will bring significant security risks to Android users and will further increase the cost of using the machine.", but obviously only competitive consumers can benefit. Such a statement is just a reason for their quibbling. More than 97% of users in India use Android devices, so once the monopoly restrictions are lifted, it will be a huge loss for Google, but obviously this time it cannot be perfunctory, and the world is restricting the formation of monopoly behavior. before the Android system had no competitors, but with the rise of the Hongmeng system, version 3.0 has been released on Mate 50. The prototype of the Internet of Things era has been formed, and the difference between it and the Android system is getting bigger and bigger. Google is destined to suffer a heavy blow. What do you think about this?
