Google Loses Final Appeal Over Massive $4.7 Billion Android Antitrust Fine
Google has exhausted its legal options to combat a huge fine that was initially imposed in 2018. In a press release, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced it has formally dismissed an appeal brought forth by Google and its parent company Alphabet, thereby confirming a massive penalty of over $4 billion for "abuse of a dominant position in the context of the Android operating system."
This is entirely separate from the $3.45 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU last year over the use of Google's automated digital advertising technologies. That case is a separate legal battle that is still ongoing.
The 2018 judgement relates in part to Google's decision to force mobile device makers to install its own collection of apps—namely, it's Search app and Chrome browser—on Android phones in order to have access to its Play Store.
Google also drew the wrath of...
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