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Divesting Android and Chrome leaves Google's text ad monopoly completely intact
“Breaking up Android and Chrome doesn't change Google's control of text ads.”
Spinning out Android as a Google antitrust remedy is structurally irrelevant
“Spinning out Android to me is, like, completely irrelevant, because, like, read back what I just said, like, if Android's a separate company, that's not, why is it going to choose Bing? It's going to have the same decision process that Motorola does.”
Evans: Apple's media services exist primarily to prevent Android churn
“It's a feel, feel good. And B, it makes it harder for you to churn away from Apple and move to Android. And so it's not the core skill, which is, would be like designing chips, but it's sort of adjacent to supporting the business.”
Evans: Google acquired Android over ten years ago to block Microsoft dominance
“This is why Google created Android, because they were afraid of Microsoft doing this. You know, they bought Android and created Android, and this was over 10 years ago.”
Evans: Google has systematically made Android more restricted over time for security
“Google has pulled much more towards as a more secure model because they started very open and realized all of these problems. And so Google has been sort of systemically making Android more secure over time and more locked out over time.”