Judge rules: Google Play Store must change guidelines in the USA

A federal judge decided this on Monday (October 7th). Google must make several policy changes that hinder competition with it Google Play Store.

For a period of three years As of November 1, the ruling will prevent the company from paying developers to use only the App Storeban developers from doing it tell How customers can download the app directly prevents developers from using its billing features and requires them to give competing app stores access to their catalog, according to Bloomberg reported Monday.

This ruling by U.S. District Judge James Donato came in an antitrust case brought by Epic games and followed a Jury Findings According to the report, the Google Play Store policies constituted an abuse of power on Google's part.

This is what Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, said on Monday post on

Sweeney added another post to X that Epic Games will continue its legal and regulatory fight in other countries as the ruling only applies to the US.

“The injunction against the Google Play Store is valid for three years,” Sweeney said in a third part post on

Google said in a Monday Blog post that it will appeal the ruling and ask the courts to suspend the implementation of these remedies pending the appeal.

“As we have previously noted, these changes would jeopardize consumer privacy and security, make it harder for developers to promote their apps, and reduce competition on devices.” Lee Anne MulhollandVice President, Regulatory Affairs at Google, said in the contribution.

Mulholland added that Google faces competition from Apple in both consumers and apps Developer, and that Google Play is not the only way out of to get consumers apps, because Android is an open platform.

“Android has helped expand choice and lower prices And “Democratize access to smartphones and apps,” Mulholland said. “The original decision and today’s changes requested by Epic jeopardize this and undermine Android’s ability to compete with Apple’s iOS.”

The Antitrust litigation started reporting in November 2023 at the time said it could reshape the Android app store landscape.