A jury has given a win to Epic Games in its legal fight against Google. The jury agreed with Epic that Google engaged in illegal monopoly practices with its Play Store and billing practices.
Epic Games has emerged as the winner of its three-year legal fight against Google over its running of the Play Store. As reported by The Verge, the jury in the month-long trial in San Francisco, only a few hours after it started deliberations earlier today, has ruled that the Google Play Store, and its billing service, is an illegal monopoly.
In the jury’s verdict, it agreed with Epic’s argument that Google not only has a monopoly on apps for Android via the Google Play Store, but the company also engaged in anti-competitive practices by paying developers to keep that monopoly in place.
Epic Games posted its reaction to the jury’s verdict on the case on its blog, stating:
Today’s verdict is a win for all app developers and consumers around the world.
