Yandex Is Not Happy as Google Is Android’s Default Search Engine

For Android Google is the default Search engine just like Bing is default Search engine for Windows Phones. It is their product so it is their right to actually power their platform with their own search engine. However, it seems Yandex doesn’t agree with it and is actually quite unhappy about it. Yandex has filed an Antitrust complain again Google saying that they are violating Russia’s antitrust laws. Ochir Mandzhikov, Yandex Spokesperson said “We believe that device manufacturers should have a choice as to which search provider to set as the default or which services to have preinstalled on the device. Google should not prevent manufacturers from preinstalling competitor apps.”

Yandex also added that Google services and Search engine should be removed from Android, saying “This is why we are talking about the need to unbundle Google’s Android operating system from Google Search and its other end-user services.”  The might have a valid point as a competitors but when it comes to user experience this will be affected. People come to android for all the Google services they get on one platform and if that is lost there is no point of having a android phone. Also People actually like Google services, they are not being forced to use the services.