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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its...

Illustration of the Epic Games logo and Google logo inside of a Google Play logo. Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge

Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.

The jury unanimously answered yes to every question put before them — that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution markets and in-app billing services markets, that Google did anticompetitive things in those markets, and that Epic was injured by that behavior. They decided Google has an illegal tie between its Google Play app store and its Google Play Billing payment services, too.

It’s a historic victory,...

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