Google investigated in india for its dominant position on android

Google has received several fines in Europe in the past year. One of them was because the company was accused of forcing phone manufacturers to install certain apps on Android. Something that many fulfilled given the position of power of the company. A similar situation is now under investigation in India, where the operating system has a 99% market share.

Google investigated in India for its dominant position on Android

They are accused of forcing to install Play Store, Chrome and their browser on phones, which gives them a position of advantage over other developers. Similar accusations to those lived in Europe.

Research in India

Research in India has recently started. Therefore, it is still too early to know if the company is going to be fined or not. If so, the fine would be a maximum of 10% of the profits that the company generated in the past year, a system similar to that used in some of these fines in Europe. But for now we have to wait a bit until we know if that's the case.

What is clear is that this type of accusation against Google is nothing new. In Europe it has been forced therefore to introduce certain changes in Android. For example, users are now asked which browser and which browser they want to use.

Surely in a few weeks there will be more concrete news about this investigation. We will also be able to finally know whether or not Google faces a fine in India as well. Does the company deserve a fine?

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