alt.hn

7/2/2026 at 4:50:20 PM

Europe's top court upholds Google's record $4.7B antitrust fine

https://www.neowin.net/news/europes-top-court-upholds-googles-record-47-billion-antitrust-fine/

by bundie

7/2/2026 at 5:14:52 PM

Cases like this always make me wonder how much of the penalty actually changes behavior versus just becoming another cost of doing business.

by johnathan101

7/2/2026 at 7:55:56 PM

I often wonder what would happen if Google just refused to pay, or just kept it stuck in legal purgatory as that would be cheaper than paying the fine.

by chromadon

7/2/2026 at 5:46:15 PM

It only changes behaviour if the risk of having to pay outweighs the benefit. And Google won't tell what they earned through that I guess.

by luckystarr

7/2/2026 at 5:44:25 PM

How much do all the appeals processes cost?

by xg15

7/2/2026 at 7:56:23 PM

tl;dr Google required Android phone manufactures to use Google Search and Chrome.

Ironically, Apple uses Safari on 100% of their phones.

by paulddraper

7/2/2026 at 6:47:18 PM

I'm sure Trump is going to retaliate with tariffs. The times when the EU could steal from American companies that easily are over.

by jimmy76615