Judge Considers Major Overhaul of Google Play Store Following Epic Games Antitrust Victory

Epic Games pushes for sweeping changes to Google's app store operations, while Google argues proposed reforms are excessive and harmful.

Judge Donato orders Google to calculate costs of implementing Epic's demands by June 24.
Epic's proposals include allowing competing app stores within Google Play and banning mandatory use of Google's billing system.
Google claims the changes would compromise user security and privacy, and harm developers and device manufacturers.
The judge is skeptical of Google's warnings about the negative impacts of the proposed reforms.
Final arguments from both sides are expected in August, with a ruling anticipated by September.