Google Has Just Two Weeks To Begin Cracking Open Android, It Admits in Emergency Filing
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/01/195251/google-has-just-two-weeks-to-begin-cracking-open-android-it-admits-in-emergency-filing
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> Yesterday, when Epic [1]won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a second time, it wasn't quite clear how soon Google would need to start dismantling its affirmed illegal monopoly.
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> Today, Google admits the answer is: [2]14 days . Google has just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store, and the way it does business with phonemakers, cellular carriers, and app developers, unless it wins an emergency stay (pause) from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as it continues to appeal. It must stop forcing apps to use Google Play Billing, allow app developers to freely steer their users to other platforms, and limit the perks it can offer in exchange for preinstalled apps, among other changes.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/31/1846249/google-loses-epic-games-appeal-must-open-app-store-to-rivals
[2] https://www.theverge.com/news/717440/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay
Let's see what Gemini can really do (Score:3)
> Google has just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store
Sounds like a good [1]dogfooding [wikipedia.org] opportunity for Google to use Gemini to devise and implement these sweeping changes.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
Are consoles next? (Score:2)
Will Nintendo and Sony be forced to open up to other stores and payment systems? Microsoft has already said they are planning to with their next console, and they are sure to weigh in on this. They are a last place console so they don't care if they go scorched earth on dominating such a platform when they can't seem to compete judging by the last 12 years.
After that what is next, IoT devices that are forced to be linked to a particular server? Cars that offer purchases to enable features? Will all devices
August is a bad month for Google (Score:1)
Chrome is collapsing and MV3 is a failure.