A federal court jury has ruled that anticompetitive restrictions have shielded Google’s Android app store, harming software developers and smartphone users alike and upending a key tenet of a vast digital empire. The jury deliberated for just three hours before reaching a unanimous decision on Monday. The trial lasted four weeks and focused on a profitable payment scheme found in Google’s Play store. The store is the primary location where hundreds of millions of users worldwide download and install applications designed for smartphones running Google’s Android operating system.
Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game, filed a lawsuit against Google three years ago, alleging that the internet powerhouse has been abusing its power to shield its Play Store from competition in order to protect a gold mine that makes billions of dollars annually. Just as Apple does for its iPhone app store, Google collects a commission ranging from 15% to 30% on digital transactions completed within apps.
Apple prevailed in a similar case that Epic brought against the iPhone app store, but the 2021 trial was decided by a federal judge in a ruling that is under appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court.
But the nine-person jury in the Play store case apparently saw things through a different lens, even though Google technically allows Android apps to be downloaded from different stores — an option that Apple prohibits on the iPhone.
Just before the Play store trial started, Google sought to avoid having a jury determine the outcome, only to have its request rejected by U.S. District Judge James Donato. Now it will be up to Donato to determine what steps Google will have to take to unwind its illegal behavior in the Play Store. The judge indicated he will hold hearings on the issue during the second week of January.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney broke into a wide grin after the verdict was read and slapped his lawyers on the back and also shook the hand of a Google attorney, who he thanked for his professional attitude during the proceedings.
Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the trial’s outcome.
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