Googles been in and out of court quite a bit lately.
Last week,Epic wona years-long suit against the search giant for anti-competitive practices within the Play Store.
There are no terms set in stone quite yet.
The front of the Pixel 8 Pro.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The changes that are coming could hamper the Android user experience.
Whats happening to Googles Play Store?
Then, it has to make changes to its Play Store policies.
Noted code sleuth Mishaal Rahman published aneasy-to-follow breakdownof how exactly Androids interface will handle sideloading apps.
There are other stipulations in the ruling that arent especially user-friendly.
Im foreseeing even more promotional spam in my inbox, clogging up the stuff that matters.
This could clog up text space in an app already teeming with advertising.
Developers can route you elsewhere to get the full version of an app.
That could mean returning to practice when default Android users wait for several versions for feature parity.
An app developer could exploit this to ensure you stay within the virtual ecosystem they set up.
Epic is not happy about the ruling either, by the way.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeneysaidthe settlement is an injustice to all Android users and developers.
In the end, were sort of back where we started.
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