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Google's defeat in its antitrust battle with Epic Games was a sweeping victory for the Fortnite maker and a significant upset to the business model underpinning the mobile app ecosystem, where platforms host app stores and then take a cut of developer revenues. A San Francisco jury on Monday swiftly returned a verdict in Epic's favor in a matter of hours -- not days or weeks -- finding that Google "willfully acquired or maintained monopoly power by engaging in anticompetitive conduct," as a court filing states. More than likely, Google won't roll out any significant ...

Google’s court loss is one of many threats that could derail the software profit machines for Apple, Google.

Fortnite-parent Epic Games won antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google. Tim Sweeney admitted no hard feelings against Match Group for abandoning them. Google paid $40M to Match Group in settlement, and Match Group will implement user choice billing in 2021.

Google's defeat in its antitrust battle with Epic Games was a sweeping victory for the Fortnite maker and a significant upset to the business model

The Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), which represents more than 70 tech firms, accused Apple of using the 'tax' to boost profits and maintain market dominance.