Google’s search engine prefers to continue other Google services in the European Economic Zone (EEA). Google’s Play Store app inhibits competition due to high fees for the exhibition and alternative app store disability. The European Union Commission raises these allegations for the alphabet after an examination within the structure of the Digital Market Act (DMA).
The European Union Commission is still not over when implementing the DMA in the process against the alphabet. However, on Wednesday, he sent his initial findings according to the Google discovery in the group in the group in the group and competitive behavior in the Google Play. He can react to it. If unable to explain the replica, the alphabet threatens to adapt its proposals to the legal requirements, at least in the EEA.
In the search engine, the European Union Commission as a supervisory authority for DMA determines that the alphabet prefers its services for the contestants. These included Google shopping, hotel booking or traffic services. In particular, the major presentation before other discovery results is problematic from the perspective of the European Union Commission.
In the Google Play Store for Android, the DMA supervisor alphabet accuses the fact that the alphabet hinders, for example, developers demand a lot of fees and reject the competition through the third party app store. This unknowingly limits the free option for the final users.
Hell transatlantic political issue
“Our main focus is on reaching the culture of compliance with the Digital Markets Act,” says Inland Market Commissioner Teresa Ribera. Processes occur only in the event due to the non -completion of the rules that the discussion with the company concerned cannot be successfully completed. The alphabet has already made adjustments to classify its products as a gatekeeper according to the DMA – but the previous efforts of the Commission are not sufficient.
Without saying this, the European Union Commission is starting to follow a political criterion against the alphabet and in steps against apples. European Union Vice President Henna Virkuns said, “Both practices affect European and non-European companies, which rely on Google Search and Google Play to reach their users in the European Union.” The message is detected in Washington: Donald Trump is currently investigating whether the rules of the European Union would be inappropriate. A few days ago, American companies sent a letter to the Trump administration, which was to praise the DMA-Ancle General Data Protection Regulation and the Digital Services Act as well as American companies.
For the Verena Paster from the German Startup Association, today’s step is a good step: “We need this scheduled European Union. We have to defend ourselves against unfair practices from Big Tech.” According to the puster, it should not be, “large platforms slow down our start-up with unfair methods and made them difficult to reach the market.” Hotelwarband Germany also welcomed the results of the commission test: “It is encouraging to see that the European Union Commission is on its frequent line for more competition on online portal markets,” said Otto Lindner. The European Union Consumer Protection Dachverband BeuC did not save a small swipe in the Supervisory Authority: According to Augustin Reyana, it is decided that “we expected last year, and Google’s behavior can prevent consumers from making better proposals outside their services.”
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