Google has to prompt users in Europe to pick alternative search and web browser apps under the terms of a 2018 EU antitrust ruling. — Reuters
Google’s response to a European Union order to give rival search apps a foothold on its Android phones may fail to steer users to alternatives, warned US upstart DuckDuckGo, a competitor that won the right to appear as another search option on new handsets across Europe.
Google has to prompt users to pick alternative search and web browser apps under the terms of a 2018 EU antitrust ruling that found the company unfairly ties moneymaking services to the Android software it gives away.
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