Sean Hollister

Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing

Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing

Yesterday, when Epic 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. Today, Google admitted the answer was: 14 days. Google had just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store, and the way it […]

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Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same

Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same

Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system have become illegal monopolies — and it appears to be pressing play on a previously paused permanent injunction that would crack open Android to undo those monopolies. “Total victory […]

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