KFTC raids Google's offices in Seoul

So.... this actually justified a raid?

You can change it under settings. If someone wanted to change it...its not that hard...

Wow...

What a surprise. Google's own operating system contains their software pre-installed. Who woulda thought...

I'm sure if these idiot search companies maintained and developed their own OS, it would have their names splashed all over it too.

then Ashton Kutcher came out and yelled "oh man you've been googled!!!!"

Originally posted by Morreale:

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What a surprise. Google's own operating system contains their software pre-installed. Who woulda thought...

I'm sure if these idiot search companies maintained and developed their own OS, it would have their names splashed all over it too.

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Well MS was sued for including IE with their OS. Not much difference just different foot this time

but ie is part of windows wereas google is not part of android.

Originally posted by ddp:

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but ie is part of windows wereas google is not part of android.

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Actually, the browser is part of android...you can't remove it without rooting. So is the market app. Of course, without either of these, there would be no way to get competing software...the phone would be as useless as a Nokia.

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Originally posted by ddp:

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but ie is part of windows wereas google is not part of android.

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Actually, the browser is part of android...you can't remove it without rooting. So is the market app. Of course, without either of these, there would be no way to get competing software...the phone would be as useless as a Nokia.

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This is true, but the Korean reasons are absolutely invalid. It's no more difficult to change the search provider than it is to change your home page or any other setting in the browser. Granted I don't know about foreign installments, but they do only offer the big three: Google, Yahoo, and Bing. But it's not like an un-removable Google Chrome app is on these phones; it's a generic browser whose settings are customizable.

It doesn't even default to Google, aren't you asked what you'd like to use upon first booting into the device? And it says namely because of preloaded Google software. Google doesn't preload a thing do they (even says in article doesn't it?), it's all up to manufacturers/carriers on what is pre-installed.

Even in my android phone I can simply type bing.com if I choose and make a shortcut. The raid and accusations are BS. It's like the European thing about Windows users being forced to Internet Explorer on their systems. Big deal. Install Firefox if you don't like it, as I did. All of these lawsuits and other crap are exactly that - crap.