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Gaël Duval - /e/OS & Murena<p>🚀 Huge news! A U.S. court ordered Google to open its Play Store to third-party app stores and alternative payments. </p><p>This could be a game-changer for privacy-focused platforms like /e/OS and Murena, boosting app options and digital freedom! 🌐🔓</p><p>What do you think? 🤔👇</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrivacyFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicVsGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicVsGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murena" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Murena</span></a></p>
tanya tussing<p>Antitrust cases threaten to sap Google&#39;s profits</p><p>&quot;A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google’s business and sap its profits.&quot;</p><p>@nicoagrant RT Google’s Play Store case was the first test of how it might fare in the antitrust gauntlet it faces in the U.S.—and Google was routed. The loss could preview its fate in two bigger antitrust cases that could weaken the influential internet business in 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/technology/google-antitrust-cases.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/12/12/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/google-antitrust-cases.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicVsGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicVsGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Tuta<p>🥊 Showdown: Epic Games vs. Google 🥊 </p><p>Epic Games won. 💪 </p><p>This is a huge win for any Google competitor - so almost any tech company! 🍾 </p><p>➡️ <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12/googles-android-app-store-monopoly-violates-antitrust-law-jury-finds/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12</span><span class="invisible">/googles-android-app-store-monopoly-violates-antitrust-law-jury-finds/</span></a></p><p>Here&#39;s also some info on how the Google Search Monopoly harms competition - including some nice search alternatives: <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/google-search-monopoly" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo</span><span class="invisible">nopoly</span></a></p><p>Go private now! 😎 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicVsGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicVsGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fortnite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fortnite</span></a></p>
manisha<blockquote><p>Google "engaged in anticompetitive conduct" to establish or maintain the monopoly and illegally tied the Google Play store to the use of Google Play billing, according to the verdict. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12/googles-android-app-store-monopoly-violates-antitrust-law-jury-finds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12</span><span class="invisible">/googles-android-app-store-monopoly-violates-antitrust-law-jury-finds/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/EpicVsGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicVsGoogle</span></a></p>
Ste5e<p>Welp, wonder what happens next now <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/23994174/epic-goo</span><span class="invisible">gle-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/epicvsgoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epicvsgoogle</span></a></p>
Christian Mutig 👻🚫<p>&quot;[Epic Games] was hoping to claim half of all PC gaming revenue.&quot; <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23945184/epic-v-google-fortnite-play-store-antitrust-trial-updates" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/23945184/epic-v-g</span><span class="invisible">oogle-fortnite-play-store-antitrust-trial-updates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicVsGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicVsGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a></p>