Google’s actions, the Commission said, helped it to cement its dominance in the mobile search industry. Google, it said, had required manufacturers to pre-install the Google Search and Chrome apps if they wanted to license the Google Play app store had paid mobile network operators and phone manufacturers to exclusively pre-install Google Search and had prevented manufacturers from creating alternative versions of Android without its approval if they wanted to pre-install any Google apps. The Commission accused Google of three unfair tactics. At the end of an investigation spanning more than three years, the Commission concluded that Google had acted illegally in using Android to ensure that traffic went to Google Search instead of its competitors.
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