What Google's antitrust defeat means for the app economy
Tech giants will try to defend their profit pools in the face of courts and regulators
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Tech giants will try to defend their profit pools in the face of courts and regulators
The historic antitrust case of Epic Games vs. Google ended with a Google loss. The Federal court has unanimously decided that Google's Play Store is an illegal monopoly, proving to be a win for Epic Games, as reported by the Associated Press.
The US government strives to establish Google's monopolisation of the search engine market and abuse of position in high-stakes antitrust lawsuit.
Prosecutors have yet to draw a strong enough line between the tech giant’s actions and a direct, measurable harm to the consumer. Google's defence has had the immense benefit of learning from the failings of Microsoft in the anti-trust case on PC software in 1998, especially the importance of minimising digital trails
Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended Google from allegations of dominance of the search engine market by connecting its success to the popularity of the Chrome web browser.