Google Play Antitrust Accord Called ‘Reasonable’ by States
- Judge had criticized $700 million deal as weak for consumers
- States say ‘Google will be forced to compete’ by terms of pact
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State attorneys general pushed back on a US judge’s doubts and urged him to approve a settlement in which Alphabet Inc. would pay $700 million to resolve antitrust claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power.
A San Francisco federal judge had criticized the accord first disclosed in December, saying at a February hearing that it seemed to give short-shrift to millions of US consumers.