Google loses final appeal at Europe’s high court, to pay €4.1 billion fine | Infinium-tech
Google has lost its final appeal against the European Commission’s €4.1 billion fine from 2018. The appeal was Google’s last chance and was submitted to Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
In 2018, a record-breaking fine of €4.34 (later reduced to €4.1) was imposed on Google by the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. The EC found that Google was abusing Android’s mobile dominance and giving an unfair advantage to its own apps by requiring phone makers to pre-install Google Search, Chrome and the Play Store. The EU sees it as Google’s practices making it harder for rival search engines, browsers and Android-based platforms to gain traction.
Google views this decision as failing to recognize its investment in keeping Android open, interoperable, and free. Google has since appealed the fine several times. In 2022, a lower European court reduced the fine from €4.34 billion to the current €4.1 billion.
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