Google Play anti-steering practices led to a €430m fine. Original story: The European Commission has fined Google €890 million ($1.02bn) after finding the company breached the Digital Markets Act (DMA) through its Google Search and Google Play practices. Google received a €460m ($523m) fine for self-preferencing its own services in Google Search and a further €430m ($489m) over anti-steering practices on Google Play. According to the Commission, Google gave its own services, including shopping, hotels, transport and sports results, preferential treatment over third-party services in Google Search. The Commission also found that Google prevented app developers from freely informing users about alternative, often cheaper, purchasing options outside Google Play.