Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

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Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition
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A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s internet empire. The injunction issued by U.S.

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The judge’s order will also make the millions of Android apps in the Play Store library accessible to rivals, allowing them to offer up a competitive selection. The court-mandated overhaul is meant to prevent Google from walling off competition in the Android app market as part of an effort to protect a commission system that has been a boon for one of the world’s most prosperous companies and helped elevate the market value of its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to $2 trillion.Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopolyDonato also ruled that, for a period three years ending Nov.

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