Google Play Store U.S. AG monopoly settlement 2023

In July 2021, a small coalition of three United States attorneys general sued Google, alleging the Google Play Store favored Google apps on Android devices, as well lamenting that the company was limiting consumer choices and asking high commissions to developers.The settlement, reached in September 2023 and accepted by a coalition of attorneys general from 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and the District of Puerto Rico, mandated Google to pay approximately 700 million U.S. dollars. Of these, 629 million would go in restitution to consumers of the Google Play Store who might have over paid for their purchases via the app distribution system between August 2016 and September 2023. In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice was considering breaking up Google as an answer to the company's monopolistic behaviors.

2021年7月，由三名美国州总检察长组成的小型联盟对谷歌提起诉讼，指控谷歌在Android设备上的Google Play商店偏袒谷歌应用，同时指责该公司限制消费者选择并向开发者收取高额佣金。该和解协议于2023年9月达成，并由来自美国50个州、哥伦比亚特区以及波多黎各联邦区的州总检察长联盟接受，强制谷歌支付约7亿美元。其中，6.29亿美元将用于赔偿可能自2016年8月至2023年9月通过应用分发系统过度支付购买费用的Google Play商店消费者。2024年9月，美国司法部正考虑将谷歌拆分，以应对该公司垄断行为的指控。