DuckDuckGo says Google risks undermining EU ruling
Tech giant must prompt users to pick alternative search apps, but Android screen design may frustrate that
29 January 2020 - 16:42
Brussels — Google’s response to an EU order to give rival search apps a foothold on its Android phones may fail to steer users to alternatives, warned US upstart DuckDuckGo, the only competitor to win the right to appear as another search option on new handsets across Europe.
Google has to prompt users to pick alternative search and web browser apps under the terms of a 2018 EU antitrust ruling that found the company unfairly ties moneymaking services to the Android software it gives away...
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