{"id":57257,"date":"2026-07-24T01:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/google-fined-e890m-by-eu-for-favouring-its-own-apps-over-rivals\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T01:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:17:31","slug":"google-fined-e890m-by-eu-for-favouring-its-own-apps-over-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/google-fined-e890m-by-eu-for-favouring-its-own-apps-over-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Google fined \u20ac890m by EU for favouring its own apps over rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Google has a long history of disputes with European regulators, having previously received billions of euros in fines over separate competition cases.<\/p>\n

EU competition chief Teresa Ribera said companies should succeed because of the quality of their products – rather than their market position.<\/p>\n

“The best products should succeed because they’re better, not because they’re owned by the company running the search engine,” she said.<\/p>\n

EU tech boss Henna Virkkunen echoed those thoughts.<\/p>\n

“After this decision, we want to make sure that there is more competition and also other companies are able to innovate,” she said.<\/p>\n

Zach Meyers, director of research at the Centre on Regulation in Europe, noted a delay in the competition authority finalising its decision against Google, telling the BBC it was likely driven “by a desire not to upset EU-US relations”. <\/p>\n

As US president Donald Trump has frequently threatened or imposed new tariffs<\/a>, however, the Commission came to see its efforts as futile and went ahead with the fine.<\/p>\n

“It reflects a growing view among EU officials that the US president’s unpredictability and unwillingness to comply with his own deals means that the EU has little to gain by treading softly – and potentially a lot to lose in terms of regulatory credibility,” Meyers said. <\/p>\n

Google now has 60 days to comply with the regulations – or challenge them by taking the Commission to court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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