Google’s antitrust headaches compound with another trial, this one targeting its Play Store

The latest threat will unfold in a San Francisco federal court, where a 10-person jury will decide whether Google’s digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers. — Photo by Czapp Árpád: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-black-android-smartphone-with-google-apps-on-screen-10774600/

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Nov 6 will try to protect a lucrative piece of its Internet empire at the same time it’s still entangled in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century.

The latest threat will unfold in a San Francisco federal court, where a 10-person jury will decide whether Google’s digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers.