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Alphabet stands to lose billions as it loses antitrust fight over Google Play

Game developer Epic has won a court action against Google which threatens upend the mobile app economy

Google Play willfully wields monopoly power through the Alphabet unit’s anticompetitive conduct, a federal court jury found Monday. Picture: Getty

Google lost an antitrust court fight to Fortnite maker Epic Games that threatens to upend the mobile app economy and could end up costing the technology giant billions of dollars in revenue.

Google Play willfully wields monopoly power through the Alphabet unit’s anticompetitive conduct, a federal court jury found Monday after deliberating less than four hours following a nearly month-long trial in San Francisco.

Epic largely lost a similar challenge to Apple app store two ...