Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted October 8, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted October 8, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Epic v. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up : Tech Titan Must Open This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play Store to Rival Apps, Judge Rules data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw== · · October 8, 2024 The ongoing Epic v. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up debacle continues to unfold. In the latest development, a judge has ruled that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must open up the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play store to rival third-party applications for the next three years. This means that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play will be mandated to offer platforms like Epic Games to users worldwide. Not only that but the tech titan must also give third-party app stores access to every application housed in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play – unless the developers themselves opt out of that mechanic. Monumental Victory Epic Games has taken This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up to court and historically schooled the gargantuan tech firm. Recently, Judge Donato, who has been presiding over the case, decreed it that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up has eight months to piece together a system governed by a three-person technical committee. This system will need to figure out how these new arrangements will work in the best interests of everyone involved. Here’s the full list of changes that have surfaced as a result of these legal proceedings: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must stop requiring This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play Billing for apps distributed on the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Play store This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must allow Android developers to offer other ways to pay within the Play Store This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must let Android developers link to ways to download outside of the Play Store This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must let developers arrange their own pricing structure irrespective of Play Billing This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must not share app revenue with ‘any person or entity that distributes Android apps’ or plans to launch their own app store This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must not offer developers money to launch their apps exclusively on the Play Store. Similarly, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up cannot offer money to developers to have them not launch on a rival platform. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up must not offer manufacturers incentives to pre-install the Play Store on their devices This ruling also eradicates This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ’s 30% ‘app tax’. Speaking on the proceedings, Judge Donato said: We’re going to tear the barriers down, it’s just the way it’s going to happen. Fast-forward to today, and those barriers have well and truly been decimated. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ’s monopoly on the Android application market has been irrevocably changed — but we’ll see what happens when the three-year window is up. What do you think about the implications of this settlement? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum. For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out the news that ****** Ops 6 has a new launch trailer Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest news and exclusive leaks every week! No Spam. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Epic # This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Tech #Titan #Open # This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Play #Store #Rival #Apps #Judge #Rules This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/144864-epic-v-google-tech-titan-must-open-google-play-store-to-rival-apps-judge-rules/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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