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You really need to read the article, and specifically the linked article within that details the court proceedings. Anticompetitive behavior is illegal, and Google did lots of it, and did so blatantly, and deleted evidence of doing so.
The 30% they charge isn't the issue. The issue is the anticompetitive actions they took to keep themselves from ever having to charge less than 30%.