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A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly (www.wired.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Potentially it's targeting google first to set a precedent?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They sued Apple in 2021. They lost. They’ve filed an appeal, and we will see how the court handles this. They announced intent to sue for both companies in 2020. It’s not about third party app stores so much as the 30% cut both companies take on app sales AND in app purchases.