Is Google doing any of the things the DoJ complaint alleges against Apple?
a) supressing super apps
b) supressing cloud streaming apps
c) restricting capabilities of 3rd party messaging apps, specifically carrier based messaging (SMS)
d) restricting the best smartwatch integration to only their own devices
e) something I don't grok about digital wallets
There's maybe a case that Google is doing c; I think they made it harder to get the permissions for reading and writing SMS. And I don't think they allow non-Google, non-manfuacturer apps to do RCS, if RCS counts as carrier-based messaging and not yet another Google messaging service.
I don't understand the complaint about Digital Wallets, so I don't really know if Google is doing it.
I don't follow smartwatches, but I thought the Android ecosystem was pretty agnostic there? Back when Google Wear was Google Glass, they did let Google push notifications from a phone with Bluetooth, but everyone else had to push through Google servers, but I think when they moved it to wrists, that changed and everyone can push direct from the phone to the watch.
I haven't heard any drama over super apps or gaming streaming apps being blocked from Google Play... And worse case, developers can serve apks from their website directly.
I'm sure there's room to find things Google does with Android that could be market manipilation, but Google does seem to be aware of the risk and try to avoid crossing the line.
Is Google doing any of the things the DoJ complaint alleges against Apple?
a) supressing super apps
b) supressing cloud streaming apps
c) restricting capabilities of 3rd party messaging apps, specifically carrier based messaging (SMS)
d) restricting the best smartwatch integration to only their own devices
e) something I don't grok about digital wallets
There's maybe a case that Google is doing c; I think they made it harder to get the permissions for reading and writing SMS. And I don't think they allow non-Google, non-manfuacturer apps to do RCS, if RCS counts as carrier-based messaging and not yet another Google messaging service.
I don't understand the complaint about Digital Wallets, so I don't really know if Google is doing it.
I don't follow smartwatches, but I thought the Android ecosystem was pretty agnostic there? Back when Google Wear was Google Glass, they did let Google push notifications from a phone with Bluetooth, but everyone else had to push through Google servers, but I think when they moved it to wrists, that changed and everyone can push direct from the phone to the watch.
I haven't heard any drama over super apps or gaming streaming apps being blocked from Google Play... And worse case, developers can serve apks from their website directly.
I'm sure there's room to find things Google does with Android that could be market manipilation, but Google does seem to be aware of the risk and try to avoid crossing the line.