A judge grants Google a temporary stay on the Epic ruling while Google appeals, which means Google might not have to change Play Store practices for years
no big Play Store changes just yet Nathan Drescher / Android Police : Google just won a reprieve in the Epic app store battle John Callaham / Neowin : Judge puts a temporary hold on a earlier decision to open Android to third-party app stores Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Google Gets a Stay of Execution in Epic Case Wendy Davis / MediaPost : Judge Halts Injunction Requiring Google To Overhaul Play Store Johanna Romero / PhoneArena : Google scores partial win in Epic app store battle as it is granted a delay while it appeals Reuters : Google granted request to pause ‘dangerous remedies’ to Play store in blow to Epic Games Omar Gallaga / CNET : Judge Grants Google Request to Pause Changes in Play Store Malathi Nayak / BNN Bloomberg : Google Play Judge Temporarily Halts Order for App Store Changes Bluesky: @primarch-thoth.bsky.social : while i think google probably does deserve some sort of smack down. being broken up or other drastic measure probably should be very well thought and planed out. — for the play store, maybe classifying it a digital utility of some sort, but if they do that do google the same should happen to apple. … X: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : Judge Donato granted a stay on behalf of Google for the Epic Games remedy. Forums: r/technology : Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now r/EpicGamesPC : Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now r/Android : Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now