The States vs. Android
Three dozen state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, targeting the company’s Play Store policies and dominance in app distribution. Google has made concessions to Android developers. Earlier this year, Google cut its commission on in-app sales from 30% to 15% for an app’s first $1 million in revenue. Google also allows other app stores to be downloaded on Android. Compare that to Apple’s iOS, which allows no other app stores, hasn’t budged on service fees and has almost twice as much in-app revenue as Play Store apps. An important part of the state attorneys’ case is that Google allegedly made direct offers to Samsung in an effort to divert Samsung’s plan to launch a Galaxy app store. The Utah AG says Google has a 90% share of app distribution on Android, and no other app store exceeds 5%, and that Google only allows sideloading of rival app stores to “maintain its image of ‘openness.’” The Wall Street Journal has
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