And again landed an antitrust complaint against Google in Brussels. This time, nota bene by ex-Googlers of the service disconnect. Which offers several privacy and security features, but also the ability to block ads. Google removed the app from its app store last year and since then the company is no longer in prison. Abuse of power and discrimination, reads the complaint
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But it remains to be seen whether Disconnect has a point, because the operation of the AdBlocker is pretty drastic. That blockade namely also works for third-party apps that display advertising. This can be the first to divert traffic through a VPN and there to filter the ads appear.
Disconnect the user can use free apps without the accompanying advertisements. That’s probably convenient for the user, but other app developers and Google, running as of income.
However, in this context important Disconnect change so other apps, and that developers prohibited in the policy of Google Play. According to Google’s complaint is therefore unsubstantiated nonsense, the group opposes the Wall Street Journal. Disconnect however intact discrimination and favor its own services by Google. The default security features that Google provides, such as Google Play Services would also intervene in other apps. Well what can a market supervisor and is not on the market that he manages?
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The complaint may be included in the ongoing investigation into Google’s abuse of power with Android. That is still in a preparatory stage, different from the search business, where the European Commission recently, bickering after five years, Google still formally accused of abuse of power and improper self-promotion through its search engine.
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