A judge just told Google to stop making rival app stores hard to install
The hearing ran on 13 August in a San Francisco courtroom, The Verge reported first. It was a compliance check, not a new case. A jury decided unanimously nearly three years ago that Google held an illegal monopoly over Android apps. Donato set the remedy in October 2024. That remedy made Google carry rival Android […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 14 August 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 15 August 2026
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