Google Play judge calls US$700mil settlement bad for customers


He also criticised the monetary value of the settlement. An attorney for the states said that each user would get at least US$2 (RM9.55), with heavy users getting thousands of dollars and potentially tens of thousands. — Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

A federal judge appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s US$700mil (RM3.3bil) proposed settlement with states and consumers to resolve claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power.

At a hearing Monday, US District Judge James Donato said the accord seems to give short-shrift to consumers both in the overall compensation it provides and the broad release it gives the company from future lawsuits.


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