Google Used Android Dominance, Play Store And Mandatory App Installation To Kill Competition: CCI

The Competition Commission of India (CCI), in a report, has pointed out that Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India. The report was based on a two-year probe and released in June this year. The commission had ordered an antitrust probe against Google in April 2019 for abusing its dominant position with Android to block market rivals. This probe was ordered on the basis of the analysis of Google's Android operating system, which holds nearly 98 per cent share of the smartphone market, and a 65 per cent market share in India’s smart TV segment. Previously, CCI had started an investigation against Google to check whether Google Pay had abused its dominance in India's digital payments market. It had also ordered an investigation into the conduct of Google in the smart TV segment. Allegations were levelled that the company’s agreements with smart TV manufacturers restricted the development and usage of alternative versions of Android. The agreements require that that manufacturers pre-install an entire suite of Google applications on their devices and not just any single application. They also bar the manufacturers from using any alternative or “forked” versions of Android on any of their devices. #Google #BigTech #CCI Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube. Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com... Website: https://swarajyamag.com/ Twitter:   / swarajyamag   Facebook:   / swarajyamag