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For the next three years, Google must allow third-party app stores for Android, and let those app stores distribute all the same apps as are available in Google Play:

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Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff

A federal court recently ordered Google to make it easier for Android users to switch to rival app stores, banned Google from using its vast cash reserves to block competitors, and hit Google with a bundle of thou-shalt-nots and assorted prohibitions…
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Jhooper
Jhooper
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good, now let's see then get sued for every other monopolistic tendency they get away with.
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Drew Crecente :verified:
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@Npars01

😠 Google Play removed our NGO's free / prosocial / non-violent / award-winning / video games in 2021:

Google said we had misclassified them as educational.

🎮 Games about consent, healthy relationships, bystander awareness, dating violence prevention.

❤️ Grateful we'll soon have a new way to reach & help teens with Android phones.

#GooglePlay #Videogames #Nonprofit #Educational
#Technology #Google
@stopTDV @resiliencegames @CriticalThinkingGames @gamingagainstv

#technology #videogames #Google #nonprofit #googleplay #educational @Nicole Parsons @CriticalThinkingGames @stopTDV @resiliencegames @gamingagainstv
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hopefully soon, we don't need to have the Play Store running in the background. I whish I could get rid of it, but some apps I have to use still require it, regardless if I had installed that app via UpToDown, Aurora or whatever :(
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Michael Labowicz
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Google already allows third party app stores on Android, I've installed a few in the past. I guess the change here is that they should make it easier...
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