[Yetanfou]

It goes further than this. Android, being free software, can be used without any Google-proprietary code by anyone who so wishes. Running a 'Google-free' phone is not only possible, but practiced by many - without any repercussions from Google as the code is, after all, free. If the user so requires, Google-proprietary apps can be installed on demand, removed on demand, replaced or updated or whatever - under control of the user.

In jail terms, Google puts its users in a light security facility, Apple users are locked up on Alcatraz.

As to why the EU plans this action on Google (first) is a good question. It is clear that the wheels of justice are seldom round, and greased in strange ways...