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'Project Hug' didn’t affect 90 percent of Google Play Store revenue in Australia, antitrust trial told

By Saloni Sinha ( June 14, 2024, 08:42 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s “Project Hug” contracts offering special benefits to some developers didn’t affect at least 90 percent of the Play Store Revenue in Australia, an economic expert for the tech giant told an antitrust hearing in the lawsuit brought by Epic Games targeting Google and Apple over their app-store policies. Responding to a claim suggesting Google's special deals weren't predicated on notions of competition, John Asker told the Federal Court of Australia that Project Hug was materially different from the mere cutting of fees.Google’s “Project Hug” contracts offering special benefits to some developers didn’t affect at least 90 percent of the Play Store Revenue in Australia, an economic expert for the tech giant told an antitrust hearing in the lawsuit brought by Epic Games targeting Google and Apple over their app-store policies....

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