![]() ![]() Google also pointed to rival Android app stores such as the one that Samsung installs on its popular smartphones as evidence of a free market. “Apple is not the ‘get out of jail for free’ card that Google wants it to be,” Bornstein told the jury. “The competition between the app stores is tied to the competition between the phones.”īut Bornstein ridiculed the notion of Google and Android competing against Apple and its incompatible iPhone software system. “Android phones cannot compete against the iPhone without a great app store on them,” Kravis asserted in his closing argument. Google has staunchly defended the commissions as a way to help recoup the more than $40 billion that it has poured into building into the Android software that it has been giving away since 2007 to manufacturers to compete against the iPhone. In his closing argument for Epic, Bornstein railed against Google for exploiting its power over the Android software in a way that "has led to higher prices for developers and consumers, as well as less innovation and quality.” ![]() The key witnesses included Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who sometimes seemed like a professor explaining complex topics while standing behind a lectern because of a health issue, and Sweeney, who painted himself as a video game lover on a mission to take down a greedy tech titan. Much of the lawyers’ dueling arguments touched upon the testimony from a litany of witnesses who came to court during the trial. Google lawyer Jonathan Kravis attacked Epic as a self-interested game maker trying to use the courts to save itself money while undermining an ecosystem that has spawned billions of Android smartphones to compete against Apple and its iPhone. The jury reached its decision after listening to two hours of closing arguments from the lawyers on the opposing sides of the case.Įpic lawyer Gary Bornstein depicted Google as a ruthless bully that deploys a “bribe and block” strategy to discourage competition against its Play Store for Android apps. The company's main source of revenue - digital advertising tied mostly to its search engine, Gmail and other services - won't be directly affected by the trial's outcome. ![]() Depending on how the judge enforces the jury's verdict, Google could lose billions of dollars in annual profit generated from its Play Store commissions. ![]()
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