Editing Vendor lock-in (section)

=== Google ===

Although [[Google]] has stated its position in favor of interoperability,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developers.google.com/talk/open_communications |title=Open Communications - Google Talk for Developers |date=2013-05-15 |publisher=Google Inc. |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2016-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018105628/https://developers.google.com/talk/open_communications |url-status=dead }}</ref> the company has taken steps away from open protocols replacing open standard Google Talk by proprietary protocol Google Hangouts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/google-abandons-open-standards-instant-messaging |title=Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging |date=2013-05-22 |publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]] |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2014-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801173557/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/google-abandons-open-standards-instant-messaging |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/33037/20150217/you-have-no-choice-google-to-shutdown-gtalk-today-hello-hangouts.htm |title=You Have No Choice: Google To Shutdown GTalk Feb. 23, Hello Hangouts |date=2015-02-17 |publisher=TechTimes |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2015-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429105015/http://www.techtimes.com/articles/33037/20150217/you-have-no-choice-google-to-shutdown-gtalk-today-hello-hangouts.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, Google's [[Google Data Liberation Front|Data Liberation Front]] has been inactive on Twitter since 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/dataliberation |date=2013-04-24 |title=dataliberation (@dataliberation) on Twitter |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2015-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314043851/https://twitter.com/dataliberation |url-status=live }}</ref> and its official website, www.dataliberation.org, now redirects to a page on Google's FAQs, leading users to believe the project has been closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/vtoubiana/status/432866762682408960 |title=Vincent Toubiana (@vtoubiana) on Twitter |date=2014-02-10 |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2015-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201193823/https://twitter.com/vtoubiana/status/432866762682408960 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/robdolin/status/494326709496188928 |title=Rob Dolin(@robdolin) on Twitter |date=2014-07-29 |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2015-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201193922/https://twitter.com/robdolin/status/494326709496188928 |url-status=live }}</ref> Google's mobile operating system [[Android (operating system)|Android]] is open source; however, the operating system that comes with the phones that most people actually purchase in a store is more often than not shipped with many of Google's proprietary applications that [[antitrust cases against Google by the European Union|promote users to use only Google services.]]