This is Mac OSKIN. What a Google ruling means for Apple, more places to Apple pay, and severance goes plastic.

It is Wednesday, the 9th of October, 2024.

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Patreon.com slash Maco can. So a thing happened earlier this week that I kind of ignored because it

didn't include the words apple or hurricane or election or can I also listen for my own name.

Google has to open up the play store.

What's weird is I would have thought the playstore was open, but it was apparently not open enough.

On Monday, set a piece from N-Gaggett on Monday,

U.S. District Judge James DeNato issued a permanent injunction forcing Google to open its storefront

to competitors for three years and make Android apps available in alternate stores. The ruling stems from Google's four-year antitrust battle with

Epic Games. When the judge says open the competitors, he doesn't just mean other calendar and search apps in the play store

rather Google has to make alternate app stores available for download in the play store

according to the report. There are other familiar sounding remedies.

Billing changes will also emerge from the injunction. Google can't require developers

to use its own billing system nor can it stop developers to use its own billing system, nor can it stop developers from

notifying users about less expensive payment options.

Writing to end gadget in the company's defense, Google VP of Regulatory Affairs,

Leanne Mulholland said the court's decision fails to take into account that

Android is an open platform and developers have always had many options

and how to distribute their apps. In fact, Mulholland went on to say, most Android devices come

preloaded with two or more app stores right out of the box.

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