Google Sued Over Claims Android Tie-Ins Hurt Competition
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Google Inc. was sued over claims it abused its market power by forcing hand-held device makers that use its Android operating system to also provide the search engine company’s applications.
Google’s requirements that manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics Co. adopt less popular applications in order to use consumer favorites such as YouTube are “designed to maintain and extend its monopolies,” according to a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in San Jose, California.