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by WheelsAtLarge 923 days ago
There will be appeal after appeal until the US Supreme Court rules on some obscure fact. My guess is that a conservative court will side with Google. Google might have to change something but it will be minor.

The definition of a monopoly is legally different than what most people think so a jury will get it wrong. To prove a monopoly it must be proved that the customer was harmed. In the app store, Epic is not the customer so they will eventually lose if you follow past case law.

I side with the Jury but a lot of case history has to change for the jury verdict to stand.

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The consumer harm rule of antitrust isn't actually part of the law just how it's been interpreted for a while, but I do agree that's how a conservative court will likely rule.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1197954487/antitrust-double-f...