"Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies" by @arstechnica - US Supreme Court upholds court order on #Google's #Android app store monopolistic practices, allowing apps to use external links including billing systems outside of Google. Changes in 2026 will also require rival app stores to be downloadable in the Play Store. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/supreme-court-refuses-to-pause-play-store-changes-while-google-appeals-antitrust-case/ #mobile #apps #business #antitrust #regulation #tech

CNBC: U.S. Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms. “The justices turned down Google’s request to temporarily freeze parts of the injunction won by Epic in its lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and pay for transactions within apps.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/cnbc-u-s-supreme-court-allows-order-forcing-google-to-make-app-store-reforms/

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an injunction against Google, siding with Epic Games in a major antitrust case. Google must now allow external payments and rival app stores on Android a huge win for developers and consumer choice that could reshape Big Tech regulation.

#Google #EpicGames #SupremeCourt #Antitrust #AppStore #TechNews #DigitalFreedom #Developers #Innovation #BigTech #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/us-supreme-court-google-reform-app-store-practices-october-2025/

Supreme Court rejects Google’s request to pause Play Store changes.

After losing to Epic, Google must let U.S. devs steer users to out-of-app payments without fees starting Oct 22.
No more exclusivity deals; by 2026, competing app stores must be allowed within Play.

Google plans to appeal by Oct 27.

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/supreme-court-denies-googles-request-to-pause-play-store-changes-while-it-appeals-epic-case-121502132.html

This summer a US judge Google to allow third-party app stores & billing in the Google Play Store. Google asked for a temporary stay during the appeals process, but the Supreme Court said no. So expect changes starting Oct 22. https://www.theverge.com/news/793610/google-epic-android-supreme-court-stay-denied #Epic #Google #Antitrust #GooglePlayStore

Google perde contro Epic Games: arriva la svolta legale
#Android #Antitrust #BattagliaLegale #Commissioni #EpicGames #Google #PlayStore #StatiUniti #TechNews #Tecnologia #USA

https://www.ceotech.it/google-perde-contro-epic-games-arriva-la-svolta-legale/

The Supreme Court didn’t save Google from Epic, and now the clock is ticking https://www.theverge.com/news/793610/google-epic-android-supreme-court-stay-denied #Antitrust #Gaming #Google #Policy #Apps #News #Tech #Law

The Supreme Court didn’t save Google from Epic, and now the clock is ticking https://thever.ge/Cv5T #Antitrust #Gaming #Google #Policy #Apps #News #Tech #Law

The judge tasked with deciding Google’s fate would rather not https://thever.ge/sevh #Antitrust #Google #Policy #Tech

MS pushing people into cloud gaming will be as successful as the Copilot force conscription.

Unless they can lock you up they don't wanna have anything to do with you.

US v. Google redux: all the news from the ad tech trial https://thever.ge/9UdS #Regulation #Antitrust #Politics #Google #Policy #News #Tech #Law #Web

F-Droid warns Google's new app sideloading restrictions could shut down the FOSS app store

Google's dev verification plan may:
– Collect personal info
– Charge registration fees
– Undermine user control & FOSS freedom

F-Droid urges regulators to intervene, citing monopoly risks & DMA violations

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/?comments-page=1#comments

New blog post "NSA and IETF: Can an attacker simply purchase standardization of weakened cryptography?" https://blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-weakened.html #pqcrypto #hybrids #nsa #ietf #antitrust

Breaking up (Google) is hard to do https://thever.ge/PcHt #Antitrust #Google #Policy #Tech

Breaking up (Google) is hard to do https://www.theverge.com/policy/792055/google-doj-ad-tech-remedies-trial-defense #Antitrust #Google #Policy #Tech

Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway https://thever.ge/5syU #Antitrust #Google #Policy #Tech

Google is destroying independent websites, and one sees no choice but to defend it anyway https://www.theverge.com/tech/790711/google-doj-ad-tech-remedies-wikihow-open-web #Antitrust #Google #Policy #Tech

“Earlier this year, Seattle-based Zillow agreed to pay Redfin $100 million in exchange for Redfin exiting the internet listing service business for multifamily properties with 25 units or more. Redfin, also based in Seattle, agreed to transition property management clients to Zillow, and the agreement even required Redfin to financially incentivize its sales representatives to shift clients to Zillow.”

Yikes.

#antitrust #monopoly #collusion

“Washington and four other states file housing-related antitrust violation lawsuit”

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/washington-and-four-other-states-file-housing-related-antitrust-violation

FTC accuses Zillow of paying $100 million to ‘dismantle’ Redfin https://thever.ge/kQJB #Antitrust #Policy #News #Tech

FTC accuses Zillow of paying $100 million to ‘dismantle’ Redfin https://www.theverge.com/news/789851/ftc-sues-zillow-and-redfin-for-violating-antitrust-laws #Antitrust #Policy #News #Tech