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“What Google is selling, and what Stripe is selling, are not the same thing, right?”
Google’s lawyer asks: “Had you included the Samsung Galaxy Store in this chart, it would look quite different, right?”
We’re now looking at Tadelis’ bar graph again — the one that unfavorably compared Google’s nearly 30 percent fee to the 6–10 percent fees of payment processors — but now with Apple and Samsung’s stores added. Those bars reach much higher than Stripe and PayPal’s, of course, making Google’s look more normal.
Google once again makes its point: stores aren’t just payment processors. They have additional value. Tadelis concedes they’re not exactly the same but says it depends on what you’re using them for.
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