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“After just a few hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously answered yes to every question put before them”

Sean Hollistertheverge.com ↗

The jury found Google Play and Play Billing an illegal monopoly, the two an illegal tie, and the Project Hug and OEM deals anticompetitive. The case turned on secret revenue sharing with phone makers and big game studios that Google’s own execs saw as a way to keep rival stores down. Google’s answer is that it competes fiercely with Apple. Paying everyone not to compete with you is not competing.