Google Must Reform App Store: Judge

A U.S. judge on Aug. 14 said he will issue an order forcing Alphabet’s Google to give Android users more ways to download apps, but would not micromanage the tech giant’s business, following a jury verdict last year against the company in a case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games.

U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco heard from technology experts and lawyers for Epic and Google about proposed reforms in the antitrust case and signaled he would issue a ruling that would maximize users’ and developers’ flexibility to download and distribute apps outside Google’s Play store.

“You’re going to end up paying something to make the world right after having been found to be a monopolist,” Donato said.

He said his injunction will be about three pages long and will ensure Google knows what the “rules of the road are.” Donato said he will rule in the coming weeks and set up a three-person compliance and technical committee to implement and monitor the injunction.

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