Apart from the $5 billion penalty, Google is also imposed with two other fines which collectively amount to $8 billion which the executive commission has charged the company with during the year 2017 to 2019.
Google is reportedly stepping ahead to a European Union court on Monday in order to appeal a record European Union antitrust penalty charged for stifling competition through the supremacy of its android operating system. The corporation is battling a 2018 EU’s Executive Commission’s ruling which stands as the bloc’s top antitrust enforcer. The ruling consequently led to the USD 5 billion penalty which is regarded as the largest amount of fine Brussels has charged for threatening the competition through its dominance in the market.
Apart from the $5 billion penalty, Google is also imposed with two other fines which collectively amount to $8 billion which the executive commission has charged the company with during the year 2017 to 2019.
Though the penalties imposed are of considerable amounts yet it seems to not have affected the competition since the establishment can doubtlessly manage to settle the fines charged against the practices resulting in narrowing down the competition. The commission agreed and stated that Google practices activities which results in shrinking competition by limiting the choices consumers are left with.
Defending its brand, Google also sketches out a plan to assert the allegation by claiming to have fueled the competition, especially with its leading rival, Apple. It states that android has given access to mobile phones at more affordable prices. The company also said that the Google apps being pre-installed in smartphones do not really restrain its users to download and avail the services from any other application or platform. In Addition, it is also claimed that the android has brought in various choices for people which cushions numerous successful ventures in not just Europe, but all around the globe.
On the fifth day of hearing at the European Court of Justice’s General Court, Google states that the ruling against the entity is not backed by facts or even the law to which hearing as the commission put an end to the statement.
The EU commission stood its ruling stating that Google has threatened competition by allowing different smartphone-making companies to pick Google apps in bulk and forbidding the same from selling smartphones and other electronic devices with operating systems other than Android. The bulk comprises more than 10 apps including Google Maps, YouTube, etc. However, the statutory body pointed out three of them possessing the large-scale share of the market including Google Play Store, Google-owned search engine, Chrome and Google Search.
Considering the commission’s ruling, Google has altered some features in order to deal with the current problem by providing the android users in Europe with choice to select the browser and the search engine app.
