Google has done everything to crush the Samsung Galaxy Store in favor of the Play Store

When the Samsung Galaxy Store arrived on the market, Google obviously felt very threatened. On the sidelines of the legal action taken by 36 American states against it, we learn that the web giant has shown great ingenuity to remove its competitor from the ranks of Android. Accusations that the main interested party firmly refutes.

The whole world seems gang up on Google and its anti-competitive practices. While Europe has announced its willingness to study its virtual advertising monopoly, it is the turn of 36 American states to join forces to launch a group legal action against the Mountain View firm. This time it is about the cAlmost absolute control the group has over the distribution of Android applications through the Play Store.

This is how the first revelations begin to fall within the framework of this trial. We learn, among other things, how Google went about beat the competition. One case is also particularly interesting: that of the Samsung Galaxy Store. From the launch of the platform, Google wanted “Suffocate preventively” his competitor in order to prevent him from becoming a real rival.

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Google broke the Samsung Galaxy Store in the bud

Even though Android technically leaves the choice to users of the store they want to use, which Google does not fail to point out on numerous occasions, the reality is much less rosy. “Google felt deeply threatened when Samsung started to revamp its own app store”, explains the complaint, which prompted him to use relatively deceptive practices.

Starting with contracts with smartphone manufacturers, which for some prohibit them from preinstalling their own store. The complaint claims that Google has “Tried to pay Samsung directly so that the firm abandons its relations with the best developers and reduces competition through the Samsung Galaxy Store”.

The Mountain View group has also approached developers, again by paying them for encourage them to offer their applications only on the Play Store, as well as by imposing certain restrictions on their distribution. It is also this practice that pushed Epic to offer Fortnite on other platforms, which has now earned it a lawsuit against Apple.

For its part, Google continues to wave the supposed opening of Android like a white flag. “If you can’t find the app you’re looking for in Google Play, you can choose to download it from a competing app store or directly from a developer’s website. We do not impose the same restrictions as other mobile operating systems ”.

Source: The Verge