I definitely think Google is guilty of what the Commission has accused them of here, but I also can't help but think: if pre-installing Google Search and Chrome are anti-competitive, why is Apple not guilty of the same thing? In fact, I'd argue that Apple is ten times worse in this regard because you actually can't use any browser but Safari on iOS (all other browser apps are actually just re-skins of Safari under the hood). Does being a vertically-integrated company excuse such behaviour?
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It is relevant not economically but as a point of principle. The US companies have a certain comfort with fucking about without challenge.
Google will have to say "I'm sowwy" and pay 10 euros for comitting war crimes.
"significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free".
Haha. "Open" is history and "free" it never really was. The currency to use it was personal data.
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