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Federal jury decides Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers

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The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is seen behind a Google sign at the company's office April 12 in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO � A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.

The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google’s Play store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by Google’s Android software.





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