Technology European Commission Fines Google €890 Million for Search and Play Store DMA Violations

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https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/24/european-commission-fines-google-e890-million-for-search-and-play-store-dma-violations/

The European Commission has fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) for violating the European Union's Digital Markets Act. According to the Commission's decision published on July 23, 2026, Google favored its own services in Google Search and limited how app developers could direct users to lower-cost purchase options outside Google Play.

The fine includes €460 million for search self-preferencing and €430 million for app store steering practices. Google must end these violations within 60 days or risk periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of its worldwide turnover.

Google may appeal the decision. The Commission acknowledged that Google is testing changes to both practices and considers these efforts substantial progress toward compliance.

 

[Marko :)]

Pay up Google! We have a lot of public infrastructure projects to spend money on!

 

[Zero Knowledge]

LOL they will only waste it on useless Our lovely EU leaders know how to waste money. I'm starting to think Borris and the UK had the right idea.

 

[Marko :)]

LOL they will only waste it on useless Our lovely EU leaders know how to waste money. I'm starting to think Borris and the UK had the right idea.

I disagree with you on that one. If it weren't EU, we'd still look like Bosnia and Herzegovina—full of scars from the war. Croatia would never be connected with the exclave. It was a project that was started and abandoned few times due to cost; with EU funds it finally came to realization. And Zagreb would't be rebuilt after the earthquake.

EU has it's cons, but I do think that pros outweigh them.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

EU has it's cons, but I do think that pros outweigh them.

I'd ask the UK and Greece about that. The problem is career politicians (no one knows or could even name) deciding what is good or bad for every EU countries. Different countries have different cultures resulting in different laws. Different cultures also have different values and those values are key for laws. You can not dictate common laws and financial regulations and other crap for all nations by one body with zero credibility or authority.

I do admit the EU has it's place in bailing out failed economies but who's money? Not EU parliament or establishment, that comes from individual nations.

 

[Marko :)]

I'd ask the UK and Greece about that. The problem is career politicians (no one knows or could even name) deciding what is good or bad for every EU countries. Different countries have different cultures resulting in different laws. Different cultures also have different values and those values are key for laws. You can not dictate common laws and financial regulations and other crap for all nations by one body with zero credibility or authority.

I do admit the EU has it's place in bailing out failed economies but who's money? Not EU parliament or establishment, that comes from individual nations.

I'd really like to discuss about EU here with you, but we went off-topic.

However, I do think that "EU bad" and "EU good" are the consequences of country's politicians not the EU itself. More specifically, whether they are successful in getting EU funds for the projects in their respectable countries, or not. Whether they do have a influence in the EU or not. You can easily spot very bad politician; when they don't get what they want, they come back home and yell "EU terrible, we should leave!", but if they get good outcome "EU is the best, we shouldn't leave!". These are the most dangerous ones and the ones that shouldn't get on power ever again. And I know that because we have one next door.