![]() ![]() “Apple is not the ‘get out of jail for free’ card that Google wants it to be,” Bornstein told the jury. “The competition between the app stores is tied to the competition between the phones.”īut Bornstein ridiculed the notion of Google and Android competing against Apple and its incompatible iPhone software system. “Android phones cannot compete against the iPhone without a great app store on them,” Kravis asserted in his closing argument. ![]() Google has staunchly defended the commissions as a way to help recoup the more than $40 billion that it has poured into building into the Android software that it has been giving away since 2007 to manufacturers to compete against the iPhone. In his closing argument for Epic, Bornstein railed against Google for exploiting its power over the Android software in a way that “has led to higher prices for developers and consumers, as well as less innovation and quality.” The key witnesses included Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who sometimes seemed like a professor explaining complex topics while standing behind a lectern because of a health issue, and Sweeney, who painted himself as a video game lover on a mission to take down a greedy tech titan. Much of the lawyers’ dueling arguments touched upon the testimony from a litany of witnesses who came to court during the trial. ![]() Google lawyer Jonathan Kravis attacked Epic as a self-interested game maker trying to use the courts to save itself money while undermining an ecosystem that has spawned billions of Android smartphones to compete against Apple and its iPhone. Just as Apple does for its iPhone app store, Google collects a commission ranging from 15% to 30% on digital transactions completed within apps.Įpic lawyer Gary Bornstein depicted Google as a ruthless bully that deploys a “bribe and block” strategy to discourage competition against its Play Store for Android apps. 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.Įpic 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 competition in order to protect a gold mine that makes billions of dollars annually. 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. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - 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. ![]()
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