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Epic Victory: Google Loses Appeal,

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n a legal saga that could reshape the consequences are profound:
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Android, once a walled garden for
IGames has once again triumphed Google’s own app store, may now be
over tech giant Google. The Ninth forced to accept competitors on its
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a home turf.
unanimous 2023 jury verdict declar- Epic is wasting no time. “Thanks
ing Google’s Play Store and its in-app to the verdict, the Epic Games Store
payment system illegal monopolies. Start Watching IndiaLife TV 24 Hours LIVE
for Android will be coming to the
The ruling clears the path for sweep- Google Play Store!” Sweeney an-
ing changes in how apps are distrib- nounced, signaling a direct challenge
uted and monetized on Android — a to Google’s dominance.
platform that, until now, has been Though Google plans to appeal
tightly controlled by Google. Though Google plans to appeal to the Supreme Court, the tech landscape to the Supreme Court, the tech land-
“Total victory in the Epic v Goo- is already shifting (File photo) scape is already shifting. If the ruling
holds, developers may gain unprece-
gle appeal!” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney You can click www.indialife.tv
declared on X (formerly Twitter), as Donato in 2024, had called for An- putting the verdict into effect imme- dented freedom to bypass Google’s
the court denied Google’s appeal and droid to be opened up to third-party diately. fees and restrictions — a tectonic
lifted a previous stay on the lower app stores. While most of that in- The appellate opinion, au- shift in mobile app economics and
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court’s permanent injunction. That junction was on hold pending appeal, thored by Judge M. Margaret McK- user choice. Android may never be
injunction, issued by Judge James today’s ruling removes that pause, eown, framed the legal battle not in the same again.

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