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US judge orders Google to open Android app store to competition

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A US District Judge has ordered Google to overhaul its mobile app business, requiring the company to allow users to download competing third-party Android apps or stores. This ruling is part of a recent antitrust lawsuit win by Epic Games, which found Google wields illegal monopoly power through its Android Play store. Specifically, the jury's order prohibits Google from engaging in several anticompetitive practices.

  1. US
    James Donato
    9th US Circuit Court of Appeals
    1. You're going to end up paying something to make the world right after having been found to be a monopolist.
  2. US
    Google
    1. The changes would put consumers' privacy and security at risk, make it harder for developers to promote their apps, and reduce competition on devices.
    2. Ultimately, while these changes presumably satisfy Epic, they will cause a range of unintended consequences that will harm American consumers, developers and device makers.
  3. US
    Lee-Anne Mulholland
    Google
    1. We will keep advocating for what is best for developers, device manufacturers and the billions of Android users around the world.
  4. US
    Lee Hepner
    American Economic Liberties Project
    1. That is a rate they were able to charge because they were a monopoly.
    2. There's going to be a lot more incentive for developers to enter this market, and prices should be lower for consumers.
  5. US
    Mark Lemley
    Stanford Law School
    1. But the judge correctly noted that once you have violated the antitrust laws, courts can order you to do affirmative things to undo the harm you caused, even though you didn't have the obligation to do those things in the first place.
  6. US
    Rebecca Haw Allensworth
    Vanderbilt Law School
    1. It shows that courts are not necessarily opposed to asking dominant platforms to share access with rivals in the name of competition.

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.US Economy
  2. 2.Tech industry
  3. 3.Regulation
  4. 4.US-EU relations
  5. 5.Advertising Industry
  6. 6.Monopoly

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.GoogleUS
  2. 2.Epic Games
  3. 3.AppleUS
  4. 4.Alphabet Inc
  5. 5.9th US Circuit Court of Appeals
  6. 6.American Economic Liberties Project
  7. 7.Stanford Law School
  8. 8.Vanderbilt Law School

persons

  1. 1.James DonatoUS
  2. 2.Amit MehtaUS
  3. 3.Lee-Anne MulhollandUS
  4. 4.Lee HepnerUS
  5. 5.Leonie Brinkema
  6. 6.Mark LemleyUS
  7. 7.Rebecca Haw AllensworthUS
  8. 8.Tim Sweeney

technicals

  1. 1.Android
  2. 2.Fortnite
  3. 3.iPhone
  4. 4.Google's Play Store
US judge orders Google to open Android app store to competition