Google is prepared to charge its hardware partners a steep price for access to Google Apps.
The company is prepared to tack on a fee ranging between $2.50 and $40 for each device, reports Reuters, with the average hovering around $20.
Device size, screen resolution, and the country in which the device is sold are determining factors. Google says it is doing this to make up for revenue it will lose from de-bundling Google Search and Chrome from the apps it pre-installs on phones.
The European Commission fined Google $5.1 billion for what it sees as anticompetitive behavior with its search and browser apps on mobile devices. The new fees will go into effect October 29.
The EU hasn’t responded publicly to Google’s change in tack, and phone makers have not said how they’ll recoup the costs.
