Google Says Opening Up Its App Store Is Expensive And Too Much Work, Gets Told By Judge, 'We're Going To Tear The Barriers Down' - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
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Judge James Donato plans to dismantle Google's Android app store monopoly following a federal jury's ruling, rejecting Google's claims that opening the store to rivals would be too burdensome and proposing strict oversight to ensure compliance.
  • Judge James Donato intends to dismantle Google’s Android app store monopoly, following an earlier ruling declaring it illegal.
  • Google argued that opening its store to competitors would be too costly and complex, but the judge dismissed this claim, emphasizing that barriers will be removed.
  • Proposed remedies include banning discriminatory practices against rival app stores and setting up a committee to monitor compliance and report regularly.
  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I don’t see what would be difficult about removing restrictions and maintaining or expanding a basic store API which they already have.

    • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The only problem I see is Google already allows a lot of malware and junk in their store, this would only make it worse.

      • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Can you explain in technical detail why? Because I don’t see this really being much of an issue.

        • Alternative stores in the App stores would still need to go trough Google’s process of being accepted. Notices can be added to their download pages and these stores can even be forced to undergo a stricter process to make sure they are legit.
        • Downloading using a different front end changes absolutely nothing in terms of malware and junk.
        • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Google can vet the app store but they are not going to be able to vet every app that’s inside that app store.

          I’m not completely clear on whether Google will just be forced to allow alternate app stores into Google Play or allow more apps into Google Play. Either way I’m not sure I see the point of an app store inside an app store. We can already install whatever app stores we want.

          There’s also the existing problem of app stores like the Samsung app store updating apps that weren’t downloaded from their store, which seems to me would open things to security vulnerabilities if one of the front ends gets hacked and then starts updating apps that you didn’t even download from that app store.