Google has lost out in an anti-trust hearing conducted by the European Commission. As a result, the company have been fined US$5 billion, although it is currently appealing this decision. In the meantime, the requirements for Android phones in the EEA to ship with certain Google apps will be lifted - for a price.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-will-stop-auto-bundling-Chrome-and-Search-with-the-Play-Store-on-Android-in-the-EEA.338830.0.html
What about the other crap like newsstand, docs, hangouts to name a few...?