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Judge Orders Google to Ease Rival App Store Installs on Android

Published 15 August 2026

A federal judge has ordered Google to remove what he called "anticompetitive friction" from the process of finding and installing rival app stores on its Android devices, marking the latest step in a long-running antitrust battle with Epic Games. The ruling, handed down by U.S.

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