In a new ruling, a judge ordered Google to open up the Play Store to third-party Android app stores to encourage competition.
On October 7, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in the Epic Games v. Google lawsuit. As spotted by The Verge, the ruling orders Google to make a number of notable changes to the Google Play Store in order to give third-party Android app stores more power. Most significantly, Google now has to make alternative app stores available in Google Play. That means that we should soon see third-party stores such as the Epic Games Store in Google Play.
Here are some of the other changes Google will need to make to comply with the ruling: • Can't share revenue generated by Google Play with any person or entity that distributes Android apps or plans to do • Can't pay a developer to launch an Android app first or exclusively on Google Play • Can't pay a developer to not launch an app on competing app stores • Can't pay an OEM or carrier to preinstall Google Play on a device • Can't pay an OEM or carrier to not preinstall a...
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