Google loses fight over record $4.7B EU antitrust fine

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/alphabet-google-android-eu-antitrust-fine-4-1-billion-euro-appeal.html

47•boshomi•1h ago

Comments

monegator•33m ago

Good. Now, if only they also fought against developer integrity..

lukan•32m ago

“Android provides more choice for everyone and supports thousands of businesses. This judgment fails to recognize our significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free,” a Google spokesperson told CNBC.

Sure. Which is why alternative stores like F-Droid are under threat now.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

frollogaston•32m ago

These are basically meant as tarriffs, right?

pjc50•29m ago

You could address the underlying issue?

SockThief•24m ago

> In 2018, the European Commission slapped Google with the record-breaking penalty on the grounds that it abused Android's mobile dominance...

What do you think?

bilekas•22m ago

No, these are anti-trust fines. If you want to participate in the EU zone, you can't have monopolistic behaviors. It might sound strange for the US, but you can't simply corner a market and then claim it's innovation and 'good for the customer'. The EU has a LONG history of these regulations, it's nothing new but the more rich a company becomes the more these fines are just the price of doing business.

Instead, here's a wild take. Why don't they just follow the regulations and continue to make profits.

axegon_•29m ago

Good start. Nowhere nearly enough but a good start nonetheless.

bilekas•24m ago

> the U.S. ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder told CNBC that Europe “can’t over regulate” and hit companies with “huge fines” if it is going to participate in the AI economy

I love how the US will just let companies walk all over their citizens and then criticize others for not letting it happen. "Please think of the poor multi billion dollar companies".

throwaw12•21m ago

> U.S. ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder told CNBC that Europe “can’t over regulate” and hit companies with “huge fines” if it is going to participate in the AI economy.

Imagine what these companies are doing in the US to their citizens, if ambassador is ready to defend them for violating rules/laws

Krutonium•12m ago

And may it be used to prosecute them for the current bullshit they're doing with Android.

Can the EU force Google to divest Chrome and Android? They should.

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