The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act, making it the largest fine issued under the law and surpassing Alibaba’s record set four days earlier. The penalties concern Google favouring its own services in search results and failing to adequately tell Play Store users about alternative app stores or cheaper distribution options, reinforcing the EU’s effort to curb the power of major digital platforms.

Google received €460 million for preferential treatment of its own shopping, hotel, transport and sports services in Search, and €430 million over the Play Store. The total is about 0.25% of parent company Alphabet’s reported annual revenue of $402 billion and under 1% of its $132 billion net income; Google disputes the ruling, saying the changes could weaken its services and reduce Play’s security.