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Google Will Relax App Billing Rules, Pay $700 Million in Antitrust Settlement

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Dec 19, 2023, 1:02 PM by Rich Brome @richbrome
updated Dec 19, 2023, 1:07 PM

Updated: Changed quotes to more accurately reflect Google's wording.

Google has reached a settlement with 36 states and the District of Columbia in case alleging that Google operated its Play app store as an illegal monopoly. Google has agreed to let developers use alternative billing systems in the US, and "[simplify] the sideloading process". In addition, the company will pay $630 million into "a settlement fund to be distributed for the benefit of consumers", plus $70 million to the states that filed the suit. The case was led by the Utah Attorney General. The case was filed in 2021 and the settlement agreed to in September, but details were announced just this week. This case is separate from a private antitrust case filed by Epic Games, where a jury recently ruled against Google.

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