A jury decided Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit on Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/AP file photo

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.

The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of

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