US antitrust enforcers have mounted their first challenge to a mobile app store, accusing Google of overcharging developers who sell through the Play store that is built into its Android operating system.
The complaint, filed in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday, is the fourth against the search giant in the US in less than a year and the first to take on the smartphone platforms at the centre of today’s consumer technology.
Until now, Google has faced less public criticism than Apple over the charges it levies from mobile app developers, along with restrictions that prevent developers from sidestepping the charges. Apple’s App Store has been the subject of a high-profile private antitrust case from Epic Games.
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