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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.”
Update, October 17, 2024 (12:49 PM ET): Epic is understandably not too crazy about Google’s pushback here, and reached out to Android Authority to share a statement:
The jury’s verdict and the court’s injunction were clear: Google’s anticompetitive Play Store practices are illegal. Google is merely fear mongering and falsely using security as a pretext to delay the changes mandated by the court. This is Google’s last ditch effort to protect their control over Android and continue extracting exorbitant fees. The court’s injunction must go into effect swiftly so developers and consumers can benefit from competition in the mobile ecosystem.