Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog has fined Google for violating its competition laws. Google was fined a total amount of $6.8 million. Though that is nothing for a tech giant like Google, the legal battle will surely exhaust Google's resources.
It was said that Google has violated some of Russia's anti-monopoly law. Specifically, it has violated the law against bundling, or pre-loading, a suite of apps on mobile phones for sale on the Russian market. Wall Street Journal reported that it started when Yandex, Google's competitor in Russia, has filed a suit against them. Just last season, Google was ordered to end its violations against the anti-trust laws in Russia. However, these lawsuits are just the tip of the iceberg for Google.
In many parts of Europe, telecom companies are complaining about how Google is forcing them to install their apps. Telecom companies want more freedom in choosing which apps to install. Google was charged by the European Commission, the European Union's executive arm in April. Google explained their side that they were not forcing the telecom companies. Those apps were included if the manufacturers wants them to be.
Google is not only facing these lawsuits but also employees and founders resigning. With all of these problems they are encountering, a report from Tech Crunch is now comparing Google to Yahoo. Yahoo was known to be like Google during the booming of internet. The reason for Yahoo's downfall may not be identified with just one reason but many tech companies have learned from Yahoo and its failures.
Tech Crunch also explained that searching things is not the trend anymore. Facebook has defeated Google with generating traffic because people have been into discovering things lately and Facebook provides them that. However, Google is aware of the trends and things they have to improve. They may be in slump with other things but they do know how to market themselves and to create new innovative things to catch up with their competitors.
