Google set to face fresh sueball over its Play Store revenue commission after probe by several US states – report

Google is reportedly facing a new civil antitrust suit following a Play Store investigation by several US states. The suit – which may be filed as early as next week and is being led by Utah, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New York – is believed to focus on the Chocolate Factory's requirement that all apps distributed through …

[Anonymous Coward]

The funny thing, since separate lawsuits don't need to have consistent results, it's quite possible that Google is found guilty and Apple innocent...

[elsergiovolador]

Tax on revenue

Commission is effectively a tax on revenue. If Google thinks it is okay to tax 30% the hard working small businesses, then how about we implement 30% tax on Google and other giants' revenue?

[BillGatesOfHell]

WTF?

There's something I just don't understand about it. Apple/Google take 30% for an app purchase on their store, I understand. Epic make game free but add in-app purchases to get around it and Google/Apple don't like it and want 30%, I understand. App stores don't get 30% from in-app purchases from apps like Uber, ebay, Amazon etc so WTF is the difference?