Thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new regulation designed to encourage competition in the app ecosystem, people in the European Union are now allowed to access alternative app stores. Like Apple’s App Store, alternative app marketplaces allow easy access to a larger world of apps, but instead of the apps going through Apple’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge indicated Wednesday that he would order sweeping changes to Google’s Android app store to punish the company for developing a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly and that has harmed millions of consumers and app developers. During a three-hour hearing in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge […]
US video game and software developer Epic Games launched a new mobile app store today (August 16) to compete with Apple’s hegemonic App Store. The Epic Games Store is available for download on iPhones in the EU and on Android devices worldwide. Its launch followed a lengthy legal battle between Epic and Apple, which ultimately […]
Samsung and Bank of America did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story. Google and Epic both declined to comment. Photo: Getty Images Cross-store updates go back to Android’s roots in the relatively open Linux platform, and they bring benefits. Because app updates go through security reviews and other store-specific checks, a […]
