{"id":12237,"date":"2023-11-14T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/pichai-to-rebut-epic-games-charge-that-google-monopolized-consumer-choice\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:37:15","slug":"pichai-to-rebut-epic-games-charge-that-google-monopolized-consumer-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/pichai-to-rebut-epic-games-charge-that-google-monopolized-consumer-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pichai to rebut Epic Games\u2019 charge that Google \u2018monopolized\u2019 consumer choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEO to testify in antitrust trial as Fortnite maker says tech giant stopped rivals from launching their own stores<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s CEO, Sundar Pichai, is set to testify Tuesday as a witness in the antitrust trial between the company he leads and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/nov\/08\/pushing-buttons-fortnite-og-event\">Fortnite<\/a> developer Epic Games, which has accused the internet search giant of abusive, monopolistic practices enacted through its app store. The trial could force Google to alter the business and distribution model of its Google Play store, which controls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/dozens-us-states-sue-google-alleging-antitrust-violations-2021-07-07\/\">the vast majority<\/a> of app downloads for Android phones.<\/p>\n<p>Epic is <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.364325\/gov.uscourts.cand.364325.401.0.pdf\">alleging<\/a> that Google \u201cillegally monopolized the Android app distribution market\u201d to stifle consumer choice, extract fees from developers and stop rival companies from launching their own app stores. Google has denied any wrongdoing, arguing that its dominance over Android downloads is the result of successful business practices and competition with Apple\u2019s app store. It is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/apple-countersues-fortnite-maker-epic-games-seeking-to-halt-in-app-payments-11599592017\">countersuing<\/a> Epic for breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/14\/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-fortnite-epic-games-monopoly-antitrust-trial\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cc949ce66308094e6599ea7b57936f4dedd6ab1a\/0_0_5819_3493\/master\/5819.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ead59e366d05f70fe7c50e325293b596\" title=\"Pichai to rebut Epic Games\u2019 charge that Google \u2018monopolized\u2019 consumer choice\" \/>CEO to testify in antitrust trial as Fortnite maker says tech giant stopped rivals from launching their own stores<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s CEO, Sundar Pichai, is set to testify Tuesday as a witness in the antitrust trial between the company he leads and Fortnite developer Epic Games, which has accused the internet search giant of abusive, monopolistic practices enacted through its app store. The trial could force Google to alter the business and distribution model of its Google Play store, which controls the vast majority of app downloads for Android phones.<br \/>\nEpic is alleging that Google \u201cillegally monopolized the Android app distribution market\u201d to stifle consumer choice, extract fees from developers and stop rival companies from launching their own app stores. Google has denied any wrongdoing, arguing that its dominance over Android downloads is the result of successful business practices and competition with Apple\u2019s app store. It is also countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO to testify in antitrust trial as Fortnite maker says tech giant stopped rivals from launching their own stores Google\u2019s CEO, Sundar Pichai, is set to testify Tuesday as a witness in the antitrust trial between the company he leads and Fortnite developer Epic Games, which has accused the internet search giant of abusive, monopolistic &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/pichai-to-rebut-epic-games-charge-that-google-monopolized-consumer-choice\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pichai to rebut Epic Games\u2019 charge that Google \u2018monopolized\u2019 consumer choice<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}