The jury agreed with the plaintiffs that Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), was liable for sending and receiving information from the devices without permission while they were idle, causing what the lawsuit had called “mandatory and unavoidable burdens shouldered by Android device users for Google’s benefit.”
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Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said in a statement that the company would appeal, and that the verdict “misunderstands services that are critical to the security, performance, and reliability of Android devices.”
The linked Reuters article provides a bit more context:
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Ummmm maybe I’m misunderstanding but how on earth is opening a new tab critical to security and performance?
I think that’s just part of the label of a link to Google’s stock ticker
Yes, indeed this was just a copy error. Thanks for pointing it out.