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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Alex PIGMAN

Big Tech Stumbles In Google's Epic Defeat

When other developers settled with Google, Epic's CEO Tim Sweeney stuck to his guns, repeating his demand that Google open up Android smartphones to other modes of payment, and without charging a hefty commission (Credit: AFP)

Google' stinging defeat against Fortnite-maker Epic Games in a California courtroom could be an important blow against big tech's decades of supremacy on antitrust matters in the United States.

With Washington lawmaking gridlocked and pro-business judges dominant in federal courts, US tech giants have survived unscathed for years against accusations of wielding illegal monopoly power.

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