Legal defeat for Google threatens $200bn app store industry

Both Google and Apple's app stores charge commissions of up 30% to software developers who typically have few other options. 

Game developer Epic has won a court action against Google which threatens tech giant’s app store duopoly with Apple which generates close to $200bn (€185.5bn) a year and dictates how consumers use mobile devices.

The loss — handed down by a San Francisco jury on Monday — is a blow to the two companies’ business model in apps, where they charge commissions of as much as 30% to software developers who typically have few other options.