(CNN Business) Dozens of states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google that zeroes in on its app store practices. Google GOOGL The suit alleges that Google abused its dominance in the mobile ecosystem to favor its own Google Play Store, reducing competition in the process. The District of Columbia and 36 states are named as participants, including New York, California, Colorado, Utah, Massachusetts and others. According to Wednesday's complaint, Google holds a monopoly on Android app distribution in the United States, and has used restrictive contracts to force Android device makers to promote the Google Play Store at the expense of competition. (Similar allegations in Europe prompted Google to announce in 2018 that it would stop bundling must-have apps such as Google Maps and Gmail with the Play Store.)

Source: CNN July 07, 2021 22:30 UTC