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I'm glad the EU has fined Google 5 billion. It's finally going to make them reassess their Android open source strategy and hopefully come to the inevitable conclusion that open sourcing Android was a mistake. Hopefully, they don't repeat this same mistake with Fuchsia.

As for Google Mobile Services (GMS) - I believe the smart thing to do now would be to start charging OEM's, that sell phones in the EU, to license GMS at 5% of the cost of the device or $50 - whichever is lower. If OEM's don't want to use GMS they're free to ship their own services.



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