July 8, 2021 09:26 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/8/22568111/google-play-android-samsung-galaxy-store-quash-threatened-app-distribution-antitrust
Google feared Samsung Galaxy Store and tried to quash it, lawsuit alleges
Google used anticompetitive practices in an attempt to “preemptively quash” Samsung’s Galaxy Store, and prevent it from becoming a viable competitor to its own Play Store. That’s according to an antitrust lawsuit filed by a coalition of three dozen state attorney general, which accuses Google of illegally attempting to control app distribution on Android. The suit also alleges Google paid off app developers to stop them circumventing its store.
The allegations challenge one of Google’s core defenses of its policies, which is that unlike Apple’s iOS rules, Android allows both competing app stores and side-loading apps directly. The lawsuit is effectively claiming that this openness is a facade, because while customers technically have the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/8/22568111/google-play-android-samsung-galaxy-store-quash-threatened-app-distribution-antitrust
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