Google's president responds to the EU decision, hinting at the possibility of charging Android

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, issued an open letter in response to a decision by the EU Competition Commission to fined the company about 4.3 billion euros yesterday. In a lengthy speech, he said, "The resolution rejects the Android-supported business model, which created more options for everyone, not less."

The European Union wants Google not to force Android manufacturers to pre-install Google Chrome in their devices and choose Google as their default search engine if they want to use the Google Play Store. Mr. Sundar Pichai argues that Google does not force anyone to use any of them, that it's easy to install other solutions, and that Google allows smartphone manufacturers and developers to pre-install competing services on their own versions of the Android system.

Google will naturally appeal to the EU decision. If it fails, the company will have 90 days to change its practices or face greater fines in the foreseeable future.

Google says the free distribution of its own applications is fair and makes money for the company, and it would be in no one's interest to change that business model. He notes that the process of developing the operating system is very expensive, and if Google can not make profits from it in the current way, you may need to compensate it in other ways.

This is a reasonable guess, which means that the company may need to start charging the device manufacturers who want to use the Android system on their devices, which in turn will increase the final price of their products.