{"id":267220,"date":"2023-12-19T09:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T14:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=321587"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:22:36","slug":"google-has-to-pay-700-million-dollars-because-of-a-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-has-to-pay-700-million-dollars-because-of-a-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Google has to pay 700 million dollars because of a lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recent evening is becoming a real headache for Google. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-just-lost-the-21st-century-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"First it was the lawsuit from Epic Games that they lost\">First it was the lawsuit from Epic Games that they lost<\/a>, and now it&#8217;s the lawsuit from some states and consumers in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Play Store\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/d4d86336-96d0-11e6-963b-00163ec9f5fa\/3020431264\/google-play-store-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Play Store<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-play-store.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-play-store.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Now we know that Google will pay 700 million dollars <\/strong>and will review some policies to resolve the antitrust lawsuit against Play Store filed by US states and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The September agreement, <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.381462\/gov.uscourts.cand.381462.522.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"made public this week\">made public this week<\/a>, <strong>includes $630 million that Google will deposit into a fund that will be distributed for the benefit of consumers<\/strong>, and $70 million will be allocated to a fund that the states will use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google to pay back $700 million to US Play Store users | REUTERS\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fmCnW3xTT9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A million-dollar lawsuit that sets a precedent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit was initially filed against Google in 39 jurisdictions, according to the agreement [PDF], <strong>before 50 states decided to join the legal process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The crux of the matter was the accusation that Google entered into anticompetitive contracts<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/why-google-has-paid-8-billion-dollars-to-samsung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" with original equipment manufacturers and mobile service providers to prevent other app stores\"> with original equipment manufacturers and mobile service providers to prevent other app stores<\/a> from being preloaded on Android devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This forced consumers to use Google Play Store<\/strong>. According to the allegations of the agreement, this allowed Google to &#8220;extract huge sums from consumers&#8221; through the 30% of sales and purchases that Google demands for each transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terms of the agreement are broad. In addition to paying the money, Google will have to hire an Independent Compliance Professional (ICP) to oversee the company&#8217;s activities for the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Google to pay $700 million and make tiny app store changes to settle with 50 states <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bjZR0MDagH\">https:\/\/t.co\/bjZR0MDagH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Verge (@verge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verge\/status\/1736997700493591027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It must also continue to allow side-loading of third-party applications and app stores for at least seven years<\/strong> and maintain compatibility of the Android operating system with those third-party app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/spotify-and-google-had-a-secret-pact-that-just-came-to-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"They should not sign exclusive agreements\">They should not sign exclusive agreements<\/a> with original equipment manufacturers for at least five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also the anti-steering clause, designed to force Google to allow developers to redirect consumers from Google Play Store to alternative billing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google&#8217;s parent company, <strong>Alphabet, recently revealed revenues of $76.7 billion and net income of $19.689 billion <\/strong>for the quarter ended September 30. In other words, they&#8217;re not going broke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parent company of Google, Alphabet, recently revealed revenues of $76.7 billion and net income of $19.689 billion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":267223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2421],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-267220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-play-store"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315662,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267220\/revisions\/315662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267220"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=267220"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=267220"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=267220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}