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And indeed next to Android's in smartphones. Isn't the more apt question about what Android ship as defaults for mail and browsing as an anti-trust question?

After all, the MS issue wasn't about IE being the only browser so it's not about the ability to change it, it was about it being the default browser and therefore what many unsophisticated users will use by default.



> Isn't the more apt question about what Android ship as defaults for mail and browsing as an anti-trust question?

There is no "Android default". It varies according to carrier and OEM.


Is that true? Doesn't Google's Android agreement to get the apps outside the core OS demand certain things?

I'm certainly struggling to think of an Android phone I've seen that doesn't ship with a Google browser.

(Edit: I take that back. Obviously the Kindle's don't and nor do most of the Android phones sold in China - an estimated two thirds not running Google apps suggested recently).




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