Klarna wins $1.97bn antitrust lawsuit against Google
THE SO WHAT
A $1.97B antitrust win against Google shows regulators and courts are willing to put real price tags on platform self-preferencing. If your distribution runs through app stores or search, revisit your dependency risk — and where legal and regulatory leverage might actually shift your unit economics.
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