Big tech stumbles in Google’s Epic defeat


The federal jury in San Francisco took just three hours on Monday to decide that Epic Games was slighted by Google’s refusal to let outside apps take payments on Android phones, other than through the search giant’s app store. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Google’s stinging defeat against Fortnite-maker Epic Games in a California courtroom could be an important blow against big tech’s decades of supremacy on antitrust matters in the United States.

With Washington lawmaking gridlocked and pro-business judges dominant in federal courts, US tech giants have survived unscathed for years against accusations of wielding illegal monopoly power.

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