Google abused power through app store practices, UK judge told
By Simon Zekaria ( October 6, 2026, 14:50 GMT | Insight) -- Google unlawfully broke competition rules by imposing operational and pricing clamps on app store consumers, the class representative of a collective action told a UK judge Tuesday. The arguments were heard at the start of a multiweek trial at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.Google abused its market power by imposing operational and pricing clamps that hurt app store consumers in the pocket, the class representative of a collective action against the tech giant told a UK judge Tuesday....
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