Google faces a collective lawsuit in the UK: accused of excessive fees in the Play Store, may pay around 1.2 billion pounds in compensation

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(1) Google has been accused of charging excessive fees to Android app developers over the past decade, which has driven up the prices of goods and services in the Play Store, potentially impacting around 20 million consumers in the UK. (2) Lawyers representing consumers stated at the opening hearing of a class action lawsuit in the London Competition Appeal Tribunal on Tuesday that Google’s practice of charging a 30% fee on digital purchases violates competition law. Consumers affected since 2015 may ultimately receive a total compensation of about 1.6 billion USD (approximately 1.2 billion GBP). (3) In court documents, lawyers claim that after freeing itself from competitive constraints, Google used its market power to charge unfair prices, harming users’ interests and earning unusually high returns over almost 20 years. Google has continuously denied engaging in any anti-competitive behavior.

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