Yandex CEO Backs Google Antitrust Probes as Search Share Drops
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Yandex NV Chief Executive Officer Arkady Volozh said he supports antitrust investigations of Google Inc., whose Android operating system is helping it gain market share against Russia’s biggest search engine.
Android’s default options push users to Google services including search and maps, limiting consumers’ ability to choose such services from Yandex or other vendors, Volozh said in an interview at the company’s Moscow offices. The operating system has 85 percent of Russia’s smartphone market, according to researcher IDC.