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Just digging through the fact sheet released by the European Commission [1] to gain a more concrete understanding of what the investigation is trying to turn up. Quotes are heavily edited; please read the full document before forming opinions :3

Licensing of Google’s proprietary apps:

The Commission seeks to ensure that manufacturers are free to choose which apps they pre-install on their devices.

Anti-fragmentation:

The Commission has found evidence that Google's conduct prevented manufacturers from selling smart mobile devices based on a competing Android fork ... In doing so, Google has also closed off an important way for its competitors to introduce apps and services, in particular general search services, which could be pre-installed on Android forks.

Exclusivity:

The Commission takes issue not with [financial incentives to ... smartphone and tablet manufacturers ... on condition that they exclusively pre-install Google Search] in general but with the conditions associated with Google's financial incentives, in particular with the condition that the financial incentive is not paid if any other search provider than Google Search is pre-installed on smart mobile devices.

[1]: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-1484_en.htm