Google Has Just Two Weeks To Begin Cracking Open Android, It Admits in Emergency Filing

An anonymous reader shares a report: 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 admits the answer is: 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.

August is a bad month for Google

[ConstantineXI]

Chrome is collapsing and MV3 is a failure.

Let's see what Gemini can really do

[Equuleus42]

Google has just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store

Sounds like a good dogfooding [wikipedia.org] opportunity for Google to use Gemini to devise and implement these sweeping changes.

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[gweihir]

Very public failure? I support that plan!

Are consoles next?

[HalAtWork]

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

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[StormReaver]

Will Nintendo and Sony be forced to open up to other stores and payment systems?

That would be a good next step. And then opening up the programming interfaces and documentation.

Good, do Apple next

[FudRucker]

Make Apple unlock the iphone & iPad so users can install apps without Apple's playstore walled garde

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[NewID_of_Ami.One]

This. Exactly.
And let us install macOS on iPad pro at least

\o/

[easyTree]

I suppose the next logical step is to covertly take over all payment gateways to give the illusion of options, as is common when, for example, grocery shopping.

Talk to them in their own language - money

[Kelxin]

"when Epic won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a SECOND TIME" - No delays. They had plenty of time, plenty of warning. If they don't get it done, FINE THEM. It's the only language they understand.

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[freeze128]

...so that they will pass that cost onto the customer bWANTy increasing the cost of paid apps. Do you WANT to pay more for apps?

Re: Talk to them in their own language - money

[Kelxin]

Considering this ENTIRE thing is about Google allowing apps to pass to third party gateways for payments???? It means Google CAN'T mark it up after it's fixed, so YES.

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[bill_mcgonigle]

Alphabet can absorb way more fines than prison sentences.

Hopefully they won't be Evil.

Re: Talk to them in their own language - money

[Kelxin]

That slogan was the canary in the mine. Once it was dead....