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‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
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A San Francisco judge has ordered Google to simplify the installation of third-party app stores on Android devices. This ruling follows a unanimous jury decision regarding Google's anticompetitive mobile distribution practices in the Epic Games litigation.
- 01Judge James Donato mandated easier installation processes for rival app stores on the Android platform
- 02The ruling follows a long-standing legal battle between Epic Games and Google over market dominance
- 03Google must address jury findings that its mobile app distribution methods were anticompetitive
- 04Legal requirements for increased interoperability may shift the economics of mobile software distribution
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One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today - where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It's been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided […]