Google on Thursday agreed to pay $353 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of British developers who sold apps through the Google Play Store in the UK.
Lawyers for academic Barry Rodger, who led the case, alleged that the tech giant had abused its dominant position in the Android app distribution market by preventing others from competing in distribution services and charging developers an “excessive and unfair” commission rate of up to 30 percent.
The 19-page settlement agreement between Rodger’s and Google’s lawyers states that Google “believes it has strong defences to Professor Rodger’s claim.” Google made no admission of liability or wrongdoing….
