The settlement includes $630 million for consumers and $70 million for states. Eligible consumers will receive at least $2 and potentially more based on their spending on Google Play. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands joined the settlement. Google was accused of overcharging consumers through unlawful restrictions and fees on its app store. Google did not admit wrongdoing. The settlement terms will allow for greater competition in the Play app stor...
  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    452·
    11 months ago

    $700 million that’ll teach Google. Out of curiosity, what was Google’s 2022 profit?

    …279.8 billion This fine represents less than 0.25% of Google’s profit. So I guess Google won’t learn their lesson.

    Edit: Fix link

  • Supercritical@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    11 months ago

    Google will expand billing options for in-app purchases and simplify direct app downloads from developers.

    Sounds like a win actually. Nice.

    • AGD4@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      That’s the real headline right there. This is huge news, and hopefully opens the door (or re-opens?) to eventually opening up Apple’s ecosystem.

      I understand the merits of Apple’s case with Epic and why Apple prevailed, but it still seems like a big part of their market dominance was not properly attributed to their mind share and sheer momentum, and not entirely due to their service and product quality.

      Sorry if thats unclear, typing on mobile and will try to expand that thought later.

      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        How does this help open up Apple’s ecosystem? Iirc the reason why google lost here is because of Android, specifically because they don’t have a closed ecosystem. If anything it seems this emboldens Apple to keep doing what it’s doing.

    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Plus some insanely low pro rata payment for play store purchases in the last 7 years. So probably $2.35.

      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I expect to only get a discount on some future purchase. Can’t just be giving out money all willy nilly. Might make their wrist a bit red.