Setback for Google: EU Court Rejects Appeal of $4.5 Billion Fine
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Judges from the highest court in the European Union dismissed an appeal by Google against a historic antitrust fine of $4.5 billion imposed for stifling competition and reducing consumer choices through its dominance of the Android mobile operating system. The case has been tied up in the courts since the European Commission announced the fine in 2018. However, the dismissal made on Thursday by the Court of Justice of the European Union marks the end of that process. 'The appeal filed by Google and its parent company Alphabet against the ruling of the General Court is dismissed, thus confirming the penalty imposed for the abuse of a dominant position of Google Search in the context of the Android operating system,' the judges, based in Luxembourg, wrote in their ruling. Google had previously argued that Android, a free and open-source operating system, has enabled the offering of low-cost phones and has fostered competition with its main rival, Apple. Android is the most popular mobile operating system, even surpassing Apple's iOS.
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