Google faces new multi-state antitrust lawsuit over Play Store abuses

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US lawsuit alleges that Google is unlawfully forcing app developers to go through the Google Play Store to reach users

A bipartisan coalition of US state attorneys general on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of abusing its control of the Android app store to thwart competiti...

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