.Google’s $4 billion fine is casting a shadow over Web3 protocols. A recent European Union court’s judgment may carry a potential bombshell for open-source developers.
A European Union court judgment issued Wednesday didn’t just uphold one of the world’s biggest-ever antitrust fines, but it also carries a warning for developers of future Web3 open-source protocols, a legal expert has told CoinDesk.
The complaint originated in 2018, when antitrust enforcers from the European Commission said the search giant and its parent company Alphabet had restricted competition by effectively forcing Android phones to pre-install Google's own search app, and imposed a record-breaking sanction of 4.343 billion euros .Wednesday, even if they reduced the fine slightly to 4.125 billion euros.
While the Android operating system is in theory open source, Google imposed restrictions if the phone wasn't running a version of the software it had approved. Thus, there's an implication for other open protocols. According to the court, Schrepel says, “limiting market access is abusive even if the practice is implemented to prevent the collapse of the ecosystem due to incompatible versions.”Some crypto fans quibble at attempts to legislate or litigate how Web3 systems should work – arguing that the only law that should apply is the code underpinning a protocol. For Schrepel, judicial intervention has pluses and minuses.
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