Google Play Store Fees Cause More Than 30 States To Sue

About 36 states, including New York, are accusing Google of operating as an illegal monopoly. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against Google, the attorneys general wrote in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; “Google uses anti-competitive barriers and mandates to protect its monopoly power.” States are accusing Google of abusing the power it has over developers and eliminating competition in how people download and pay for apps on their Google devices.

The lawsuit continues to state that “To collect and maintain this extravagant commission, Google has employed anti-competitive tactics to diminish and disincentivize competition in Android app distribution. Google has not only targeted potentially competing for app stores but also has ensured that app developers themselves have no reasonable choice but to distribute their apps through the Google Play Store.”

Source: NPR