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Google Forced to Open Android to Rival App Stores After Court Defeat

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-08T09:04:34.490484+05:30

- Alphabet has been ordered to open its Android system to rivals, allowing them to create their own app marketplaces and payment systems. - This follows a successful lawsuit from Epic, the maker of Fortnite, which argued Google suppressed competition and charged excessive fees. - The injunction bans Google from paying developers to launch an app first or exclusively in the Play Store and from forcing customers to use its in-house billing system. - Google must also allow third-parties access to its app library for three years. - Google plans to appeal against the verdict, arguing it would put customers’ privacy and data security at risk. Source: [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/c837a9de-7591-4fb7-81ee-d8ce0521341e)

Alphabet has been ordered to open its Android system to rivals, allowing them to create their own app marketplaces and payment systems.
This follows a successful lawsuit from Epic, the maker of Fortnite, which argued Google suppressed competition and charged excessive fees.
The injunction bans Google from paying developers to launch an app first or exclusively in the Play Store and from forcing customers to use its in-house billing system.
Google must also allow third-parties access to its app library for three years.
Google plans to appeal against the verdict, arguing it would put customers’ privacy and data security at risk.

Source: Financial Times