Google Will Not Change; the EU Will Not Change; Writing Checks to the EU Will Not Change
January 28, 2026
Another dinobaby post. No AI unless it is an image. This dinobaby is not Grandma Moses, just Grandpa Arnold.
I suppose one could summarize the information in “Commission Opens Proceedings to Assist Google in Complying with Interoperability and Online Search Data Sharing Obligations under the Digital Markets Act” with a new mobile number for these types of complaints: +1 800 YOU WISH.
Two EU professionals look at a facility. Thanks, Venice.ai. Good enough.
My hunch is that Google will email the legal document to its legal eagles. Leadership at Google does not do legal paperwork. The company is busy inventing the future with its quantumly supreme technology. Let’s look at what the EU’s media office says about the online advertising outfit with smart software and even smarter people:
the European Commission has started two sets of specification proceedings to assist Google in complying with its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’). The specification proceedings formalize the Commission’s regulatory dialogue with Google on certain areas of its compliance with two DMA obligations.
Two violations for Googzilla. First, the company allegedly is not making life easy enough for Android developers. Second, the Google is not providing access to search data.
I am a dinobaby. I live in rural Kentucky. From my point of view, this is similar to the government Lilliput demanding that France ship the Mona Lisa for an exhibition in the Lilliputian National Art Gallery. Sorry, won’t happen. France will just plug along being France.
The EU will work on this matter for several months and then let the Google know what’s up. Is this a surprise the the leadership or the legal eagles at Google? Perhaps. The Google has only known about this matter since September 2023.
What will happen now? Google will allow its legal eagles to flap and bill. Then the EU will respond. Then there will be outputs from Google. Then the EU will find Google a less than willing party to this matter. Google will appeal. Eventually Google will write a check. But what will happen in the meantime? My view is that Google will continue to be Googley. The approach has worked well for the last 25 years.
The EU might want to rethink its system and method. It seems to be flummoxed by Googzilla’s. Just a thought.
Stephen E Arnold, January 27, 2026
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