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- Google has filed for an emergency motion to stay against the Epic judgment that would open up the Play Store for third-party app stores.
- Google argues that the Court gave the company three weeks to make many sweeping changes to the Google Play Store.
- The ordered changes affect the security and privacy of millions of Android users, and rushing them could cause “major unintended issues.”
Epic sued Google and Apple in separate lawsuits in an attempt to dismantle the monolithic app distribution stores that reside on Android and iOS, respectively. While Epic lost the Apple lawsuit, it did get a favorable ruling in the Google lawsuit. Earlier this month, Google was ordered to make sweeping changes to the Play Store, like allowing third-party stores on it from November onwards. While Google is appealing the decision, it has now also moved a motion for stay over the operative order.
Google has asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to pause the proposed changes to Android and Google Play, pending its appeal of the underlying decision.