Google ordered to remove scary warnings when installing third-party app stores
US Judge rules that Play Store's warning screens are anticompetitive friction that must end.
US District Judge James Donato has instructed Google to simplify the process for users to install alternative Android app stores via the Play Store. The court deemed the current multi-step approach with additional prompts as deliberate "anticompetitive friction" intended to deter regular users. Judge Donato's ruling arrives as Google faces increasing antitrust scrutiny, including the necessity to open its ecosystem, exemplified by third-party storefronts like Aptoide Games gaining direct access to the Play Store.
During a recent compliance hearing in the ongoing Epic vs Google antitrust lawsuit, Judge Donato emphatically stated, "That is not acceptable," condemning the cumbersome process imposed on users by Google.
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