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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Liedtke

Fortnite maker accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition to its Android app store

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Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people's dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumers' expense.

The trial that opened in a San Francisco federal court targets the Google Play Store that distributes apps for the company's Android software that powers virtually all the world's smartphones that aren't made by Apple.

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