“It proves that Google’s app store practices are illegal and they abuse their monopoly to extract exorbitant fees, stifle competition, and reduce innovation,” Epic stated in a press release following the ruling. Notably, the jury dominated in favor of all of the questions posed by Epic within the courtroom. The verdict states that Google intentionally obtained or preserved its monopoly via unfair aggressive practices, placing Epic at an obstacle attributable to Google’s breach of antitrust laws. 

Additionally, Google is claimed to have struck offers that unjustly restricted competitors in a key market and illegally linked using its Google Play Store with the obligatory use of Google Play Billing. During the legal battle, it was revealed that Google gave Spotify a particular deal, permitting it to completely keep away from the Google Play Store charges. Additionally, Netflix was additionally stated to have scored a deal that decreased its reduce to Google to only 10%.

That was thought of a grave violation, because it gave undue benefit to Spotify and Netflix of their rivalry in opposition to different content material streaming platforms, which needed to half methods with a a lot increased share of their respective in-app income. Notably, Epic by no means sued for any financial compensation from Google. It stays to be seen what cures are compelled on Google, and the way they might assist different grieving builders. This will not be the one such combat for Google, although. The EU and India are additionally trying into related monopolistic conduct on the companyand have already proposed some radical modifications.