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State AG Weiser today joined a multi-state lawsuit against Google over the way it conducts its Play Store business (Office of the Attorney General)
DENVER – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition of attorneys general from 36 states and the District of Columbia to file a lawsuit against Google in federal court.
The suit alleges exclusionary conduct relating to the Google Play Store for Android mobile devices and Google Billing. This antitrust lawsuit is the newest legal action against the tech giant, outlining a pattern of illegal, anti-competitive, and unfair business practices.
"U.S. consumers spend more time using mobile devices than desktop or laptop computers, and they spend more than $32 billion a year purchasing apps and content within apps. Despite promising an open platform, Google has restricted competition from rival app stores and from rival payment processing for in-app purchases. By so doing, Google has limited choice and inflated the prices that consumers pay for purchases made through an app downloaded on the Play Store. The lawsuit filed in federal court today is designed to restore competition and protect consumers," said Attorney General Weiser.