Google Says Opening Up Its App Store Is Expensive And Too Much Work, Gets Told By Judge, 'We're Going To Tear The Barriers Down'

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While Google argued that opening its store to rival stores would be too much work or cost too much, Donato has dismissed these claims.“We’re going to tear the barriers down, it’s just the way it’s going to happen,” he stated.

Judge James Donato on Wednesday spoke about dismantling the monopoly of Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google’s Android app store in the ongoing Epic v.Google case.

What Happened: Following a federal jury’s unanimous ruling eight months ago that Google’s Android store is an illegal monopoly in the Epic v.

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Author / Journalist: Ananya Gairola

Category: Technology

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Topics: Play store GOOG US38259P7069 GOOGL US38259P5089 Legal Benzinga News Monopoly Media Tech Epic Games Tim Sweeney Benzinga neuro Consumer Tech

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Published On: 2024-08-15 @ 05:03:26 (17 hours ago)

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