Google must make it easier to install alternative app stores

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Engadget reports that Google must make it easier to install alternative app stores, judge orders. Google has a week to make it easier to find third-party app stores. The key issue is whether the detail changes buying decisions, update support, battery life, camera value, pricing, or everyday use.

GSMArena reports that Judge forces Google to remove friction from third-party app store installations. Google has recently started distributing third-party app stores through its Play Store in the US, following a court ruling and its settlement with Epic Games. Now, Google has been ordered by US District Judge James Donato to remove its scary warnings that are shown when users want to install a third-party app store from Google Play. According to the court,… The key issue is whether the detail changes buying decisions, update support, battery life, camera value, pricing, or everyday use.

Ars Technica Gadgets reports that Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play. Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play. The key issue is whether the detail changes buying decisions, update support, battery life, camera value, pricing, or everyday use.

The Details

• Engadget: Google must make it easier to install alternative app stores, judge orders
• Google has a week to make it easier to find third-party app stores
• GSMArena: Judge forces Google to remove friction from third-party app store installations
• Google has recently started distributing third-party app stores through its Play Store in the US, following a court ruling and its settlement with Epic Games. Now, Google has been ordered
• Ars Technica Gadgets: Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play
• Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play

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