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Google faces new antitrust lawsuit from 36 states

Thursday 8 July 2021 | 09:30 CET | News
Google has called a new suit filed by the attorney generals in 36 states and Washington, DC about its app store "meritless" and said in a blog post that the suit's demands will drive up costs for small developers, the company said in a blog post. The AGs are taking Google to court, saying the company abused its position of power with its Android app store, Politico reported. The suit was filed in a California federal court and was led by Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Nebraska. The case challenges the company's plan to make all app developers on its

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