FTC Urges Broad Relief in Google’s Antitrust Loss Over App Store

A verdict finding Alphabet Inc.'s Google wields an illegal monopoly through its app store should lead to wide-ranging relief that recognizes the cumulative digital network effects that can entrench dominant tech platforms, the Federal Trade Commission said.

“Accordingly, an effective antitrust remedy may need to go beyond injunctions that target and enjoin specific exclusionary conduct in order to restore competition in digital platform markets,” the FTC said in a Monday amicus brief in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The agency made its position as the court considers remedies in the video game company Epic Games ...