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And even if it falls under fair use in the US, they could still have a case in some other relevant market. The world is a big place





If anything, the EU is even more likely to consider it fair use for interoperability, which basically leaves Asia --- but Google's services are blocked in the biggest country there, so I'm not sure about that.

They might be trying to do this in the US given the political climate, but then again, the current administration is decidedly unfriendly towards Big Tech in general.




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