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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (163192)	9/30/2020 4:33:56 PM
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Re <<If I am correct "android" operating system software is for free if true>> I do not know whether you are correct. I only know Team EU extracted considerable donations from Team Google on its ‘free’ android or the proprietary android w/ links to the Google android store. The current belief seems to be that the Team China delving probe shall mirror those already done-deal in EU. The announcement is so far a pre-announcement. Re <<May be they will also sue Oracle for its free Java software>> Believe eventually, as escalation goes per same logic as one used by Team USA, national security lens would naturally be focused on Oracle, Microsoft, and any number of other allegedly offending companies. The issue about the software companies is that as condition of sale in China they had all, starting back in 2013, shared their respective codes. IOW, that Go pebble was placed down on the game board long ago. I knew that Team Google was opposed to the weaponisation of the android in the war on Team Huawei, but was ignored by the authorities who believed they knew better on how to win a war. I suspect the reason Microsoft and Walmart and Oracle all tried to buy TikTok was / is they know what might happen next should the toy TikTok be shutdown. We likely shall find out what be ‘next’ once TikTok shuts down. It is a sacrificial pebble on the Go game board. Where can it all lead? I do not know, and I doubt many do; possibly simply too ‘impossible’ and /or ‘consequential’ to contemplate, or one of the two contending parties does not have a clue given that the team is just making it up as it moves. Yes, there is an open source Android, but that is not typically the installed version for cellphones manufactured anywhere. The version on cell phones be the version controlled via Google App Store, ala Apple App Store. Breaking the duopoly of the app stores would prove consequential, especially should manufacturers outside of Team China domain be weaned off of rare earths downstream products as and when. And if Lockeed and Qualcomm be put on Team China Entities List, along w/ Boeing and whatever else. Team China so far is in strategic composure reacting mode, Tik for Tok. The logic used is as the logic tabled by Team USA. I had always contended that to have the Shanghai share index go to zero for any duration is not a problem in China. Contention testing time may be scheduled soon enough. Unclear to me that Team USA thought through the likeliest scenarios at the get-go or at anytime since 2018 declaration of ‘Trade’ War. So far the War has arguably cost more than the Korean and Vietnam Wars combined, and am fairly certainly there would be no home-by-Christmas anytime soon given the bipartisan support for the war. I suspect that the CoVid may not turn out to be the worst happening of 2020. Interesting and exciting macro times. techspot.com Google could face antitrust probe in China mirroring those in the EU Chinese regulators could start the investigation next month Adrian Potoroaca, Today 11:54 AM The big picture: Google has already received multi-billion dollar antitrust fines in Europe, and the US Department of Justice is preparing to drag it into yet another fight. It looks like the search giant will have a lot on its plate in the coming years as China is also looking to launch an antitrust investigation of its own, after Huawei and other Chinese firms decried Google's anticompetitive behavior when it comes to Android. Google has fought a fair share of antitrust battles in Europe, first for promoting its own shopping services in search results, then for requiringAndroid device manufacturers to integrate Google apps as a mandatory condition for getting access to the Play Store, and recently for abusing its dominant position in the advertising market when brokering search ad placements. The fines it's received amount to around $9.4 billion, and Google is facing a barrage of investigations from the US Department of Justice and 50 state attorneys general on issues that range from acquisitions like DoubleClick, Android, AdMob, and YouTube, to how its search algorithm treats rival apps and services. According to a Reuters report, China is the latest country that will start an antitrust investigation into Google, specifically around the way it leverages its dominance in the mobile space to stifle competition. This is said to have been proposed last year by Huawei through a complaint at the State Council's antitrust committee that was reviewed by the State Administration for Market Regulation. The Trump administration has taken a series of measures against Chinese companies like Huawei, who are now barred from using hardware and software made by American companies or companies that are supplied with American manufacturing equipment and intellectual property. This means that Huawei can no longer order any chips from TSMC or install the latest version of Android on its devices, among other things. China's antitrust probe into Google could start as early as next month and would follow the example set by the European Union in addressing the top concerns. The decision will ultimately hinge on the US-China trade relationship, which is currently at an all-time low after the Trump administration decided to force a sale of ByteDance's global operations to American entities and impose sanctions on SMIC, China's largest chipmaker. In the meantime, Google has a smaller but not insignificant antitrust battle to fight in India, after the local antitrust body decided to look into whether the company abused its dominant position in search and mobile to promote its mobile payments solution. Overall, it looks like Google has a lot of explaining to do if it wants to avoid more fines. Sent from my iPad