Google asks court to reject Epic's 'open Play Store' request, saying the move makes it 'virtually impossible' for the company to compete

According to a Reuters report on Friday local time, Google submitted documents to the San Francisco Federal Court to challenge a series of changes to the Play Store that Epic had previously proposed after winning an antitrust lawsuit. The request expressed strong opposition and asked the court to reject Epic's request.

Google’s filing said Epic’s proposal “will make it virtually impossible for Google to compete.” Wilson White, Google's director of government affairs and public policy, said in a statement: "Epic's requirements will harm the privacy, security and overall experience of consumers, developers and device manufacturers."

A related Play Store settlement with states and consumers resulted in Epic’s “non-essential” application for an injunction being injunctioned, and the remedies in the settlement “fully resolved” Epic’s anti-competitive conduct claims raised at trial.

Attached to this site is a brief summary:

• Epic has won a historic victory in its legal dispute with Google. The jury led by Donato unanimously ruled that Google had a monopoly position in the Play Store app store and in-app payment service Play Billing market and abused this position to cause harm to Epic Games.

• Meanwhile, Google agreed to pay $700 million to resolve lawsuits from states and, among other reforms, allow for more alternative billing options for in-app purchases.

• In April, Epic urged a federal judge in California to force Google to open its Play Store app store, thereby introducing greater competition. Epic's proposals at the time also included allowing distribution from rival third-party app stores for six years and limiting Google's ability to reach agreements with device manufacturers that would ban pre-installation of rival app stores.

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