Google will appeal (and they said they will in their comically bad statement about the ruling) and that will be a slow process. But it is the remedy phase that will ultimately decide what this ruling will actually mean in practical terms.
Also, this case was as much about setting the table for the Google advertising case that goes to trial in September. This case got A LOT on the record that will likely be used in the upcoming trial.
Monopolistic behaviors have gone essentially unchecked in a lot of industries since the Reagan administration and maybe that hasn't been such a good idea. These cases are starting to act on that. The App store cases run along the same lines.
If the Sherman antitrust act had been enforced over even the last 25 years, the business landscape would look very different. It wasn't and we have what we have.
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