TechJudge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
San Francisco Judge James Donato ordered Google to remove unnecessary hurdles that make it harder to install rival app stores on Android. After Epic Games demonstrated the search and installation barriers, Donato called some of them “anticompetitive friction” and gave Google a week to make changes.
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Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
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