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I'm not going to defend the behavior ethically, but this isn't clear to me legally. It's not at all clear that their "dominant" in either of these sectors. Currently Android is just barely ahead of iOS in smart phones, and at the time of the detailed events lagged substantially.

There's nothing legally wrong with "bundling" one product with another. It happens all the time, in all sorts of markets. It only becomes a problem under antitrust law, and I don't see Android as a monopoly yet.

But yeah, it's a little shady. Clearly there is harm to the user base if there isn't robust competition for location services.



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