Alphabet Inc. must lift restrictions that prevent developers from setting up rival marketplaces that compete with its Google Play Store, a judge ruled, upending the search giant’s dominance in the lucrative Android app market.

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    2 months ago

    The article was blocked by a paywall so maybe it says it lower but are there that many rivals to the Google Play store? Maybe it’s just because I am in the states but I can’t think of many that aren’t either dealing with FOSS apps or just mirroring Google Play store APKs.

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      2 months ago

      The entire thing is just Epic’s way of trying to get their own monopoly. As they’ve been doing since they started their store.