Google wants to reverse decision to ‘open’ Play Store to rivals in court

Google has asked a district court in the US state of California to pause the court order against the company. Company opposed judge’s advice to make radical changes to Play Storeofficial Android store.

The process involves accusations from Fortnite owner Epic Games of its rival’s alleged anti-competitive market practices.

According to the official documents of the request, Judge James Donato’s decision will interfere with the situation and harm the company.”Serious safety, security and privacy risks in the Android ecosystem“. Initially, Google must meet the demands by November 1, a deadline that the company also feels is impossible to meet.

In addition to freezing the deadline, the owner of Android also wants: Orders are suspended until the company objects or appeals It’s part of the original decision that was made official earlier this month.

There is currently no deadline for the state court to respond to the trademark request.

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Epic Games’ first lawsuit was filed against Google in 2020. Fortnite banned from Android after trying to circumvent microtransaction policies of the digital store. These involve paying a fee to the platform owner for each purchase of items such as skins in games and apps.

Apple was also sued for similar reasons, but the cases were filed separately. Google was the one most sanctioned in the decision, especially after evidence emerged of attempts to narrow the field of competitors and protect the privileges of popular applications through payments.

In the judge’s decision, Google Some changes have been ordered to “open up” the Google Play Store for competitors.

Actions include: Allow presence of other app stores in Play Storegive it to them access to the store’s original catalog and not Automatically connect to the company’s own payment system to store applications. on google “buying” exclusive deals is prohibited.

In addition to Google and Apple, Epic Games also filed a lawsuit against Samsung due to the protection mechanisms found in the brand’s devices.