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Reining in Big Tech: EU fines Google 890 mn euros, risking US fury
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Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The EU fined Google 890 million euros for illegally favoring its own services in search results and restricting app developers from offering consumers free alternatives outside Google Play. The fines are the largest under the Digital Markets Act and risk escalating US-EU trade tensions.
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If you're building search, shopping, or app discovery outside Google's ecosystem in Europe, you now have regulatory air cover to compete on merit rather than algorithm. Google just lost 890 million euros for doing what you can't do—and the EU's enforcement pace is accelerating, which means either Google rewires its stack in the next 60 days or faces penalties that climb.
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40 sources · first reported 23 Jul 2026 · latest 29 Jul 2026
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