Google Play Store is a Monopoly - Judge Weighs In

Originally published at: Google Play Store is a Monopoly - Judge Weighs In

A jury in December found that Google broke US antitrust laws through deals and billing rules that gave an unfair boost to its Android app marketplace, the Google Play app store. This came after the creators of Fortnite, Epic Games, sued the tech conglomerate for restricting access to other app stores. Google’s dominance over the…

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I wish I understood this, but I don’t. Shouldn’t news reports/headlines be more precise about how they report these stories?

Android being a Google app in itself based on the Linux OS decides to have a thing called play store to push apps out on.
Then through billing rules gave a boost to its Google Android app marketplace.
How is this restrictive?

The headline should reflect what they have done maybe?
Can someone please debunk this gibberish?