A federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store.
FILE - A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. – A federal judge on Wednesday indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers.
But Donato repeatedly hammered on the need for a major overhaul of the Play Store, even if it causes Google headaches and huge bills that the company has estimated could run as high as $600 million, depending on what the judge orders. Google's tactics in the penalty phase of the Play Store case may foreshadow its strategy in a similar round of so-called “remedy hearings” that will be held in an even bigger antitrust case that resulted inas an illegal monopoly, too. Those hearings focused on the crown jewel of Google's empire are scheduled to start Sept. 6 in Washington, D.C.
Without revealing a timeline he has in mind, Donato indicated he isn't going to give Google as much time as it wants to make the required changes.
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