Google will charge phone makers for pre-installed android apps in Europe

The regulators took issue with how Google made its Android software available free to smartphone makers but with strings attached that the EU said broke the law

Companies that grow into $800 billion monopolists tend to be pretty savvy. Devious, even. So it goes for Google. 

European regulators declared in July that Alphabet Inc.’s Google was abusing its power in the way it used its Android smartphone software to give the company a big leg up over rivals. Since then, it has been unclear how Google would ensure it complied with the laws in Europe while protecting its lucrative pole position on many of the world’s smartphones.

Google is no dummy. The company has come up with a clever solution that may fix its problem. Whether sly is a