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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google
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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google

[ad_1] A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google's Play Store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by Google's Android software. Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game, filed a lawsuit against Google three years ago, alleging that the internet search giant has been abusing its power to shield its Play Store from c...
10 things to know from Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s testimony in Google Play trial against Fortnite maker
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10 things to know from Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s testimony in Google Play trial against Fortnite maker

[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai took a stand in front of the court for the second time in 2 weeks earlier today in the antitrust lawsuit by Fortnite publisher Epic Games, who have claimed that the unlawful and monopolistic policies implemented in Google Play store make it difficult for third-party app makers given that the marketplace controls the entire Android ecosystem. During the testimony, Pichai spent almost 90 minutes answering questions about the business practices of the Google Play store, as well as general policies in Google. Let us take a look at the 10 biggest things to come from the testimony.Sundar Pichai takes the stand in Google Play antitrust trial1. Pichai admitted to using fake legal privilege by marking documents ‘attorney-client privilege' even when he was not seek...