Google Rages Over ‘Grave’ EU Errors in €4.3 Billion Android Fine
- EU’s top court weighs in on bloc’s biggest ever antitrust fine
- Lower-tier court earlier cut fine down to €4.1 billion
The EU court’s decision could prove pivotal for the future of Google Android’s business model.
Photographer: Angel Garcia/BloombergGoogle accused European Union antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile-phone ecosystem.
At an appeals hearing at the EU’s Court of Justice on Tuesday, lawyers for the Alphabet Inc. unit slammed the European Commission for making “grave errors,” failing to take into account that Android’s success stemmed from successful innovation rather than brute force.