Google warns Android growth in India will stall due to antitrust order

If Google wanted to avoid antitrust scutiny, perhaps they could stop using licensing terms that prohibit vendors from forking a linux distribution.

In other news, Google claims the world is about to end because your grandma uninstalled Google Chrome.

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The CCI in October ordered Google to not prohibit un-installing of its apps by Android phone users in India -- currently, one can't delete apps such as Google Maps or YouTube from their Android phones when they come pre-installed.

The CCI also said Google's licensing of its Play Store "shall not be linked with the requirement of pre-installing" Google search services, the Chrome browser, YouTube or any other Google applications.

"No other jurisdiction has ever asked for such far-reaching changes based on similar conduct," Google said in its court submissions.

Maybe other jurisdictions should ask for these changes though. Apps you can't install is already dystopian enough.

They have market share of ~95% in India. They practically have a giant monopoly there.