Google Play ‘Can Do Better’ on Faster Antitrust Fix, Judge Says

A California federal judge said he will order Alphabet Inc.’s Google to open up its app store in the coming weeks and chided the tech giant for not accepting a jury verdict that it monopolized Android app distribution and billing.

Jurors in December sided with the maker of the popular video game Fortnite and concluded that Google illegally abused its power over Android apps, which brought in $14.66 billion in revenue in 2020 for the tech company. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco is now deciding what policy changes Google must make to comply with federal antitrust law.