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

  • 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

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