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State Attorney General Resumes Antitrust Case Against Google It accused the company of abusing its power over app developers through the Play Store on Android.This is the fourth antitrust lawsuit filed by US government enforcement officials. Filed a lawsuit against the company in the past year.
Focusing on the Play Store, the latest lawsuit has addressed aspects of slotxo Google's business that are most similar to Apple's. Developer for unfair customer app payments?Attorney Generals from 36 states and the District of Columbia, from both sides. was identified as a plaintiff in the latest case.
The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California on Wednesday. States include California, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York and North Carolina.The plaintiffs allege that Google has used an anti-competitive strategy to extract 30 percent commission from consumers who purchase subscriptions and digital content on their Android phones. Google in distribution
This is partly because Google has "targeted potentially competing app stores." Consumers have no choice as Android is the only operating system available on many mobile phones.The Google Play Store distributes over 90% of Android apps in the US. While no other Android store had a market share of more than 5%, according to the plaintiffs, they specifically called Samsung the top Android phone maker,
saying Google had tried to "buy" the company by offering incentives. To turn the Galaxy App Store into a "white label" for the Play Store, Google is also thwarting Amazon's past attempts to run its own store on Android.Google's enduring monopoly in the market for Android app distribution and in-app purchases is not based on competition on the merit," the complaint said.
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