<div id="readability-page-1"><figure> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/STKS487_Antitrust_STK093_Google_A.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="2040" height="1360" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/STKS487_Antitrust_STK093_Google_A.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA"/> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> Yesterday, when Epic won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a second time, it wasn’t quite clear how soon Google would need to start dismantling its affirmed illegal monopoly. Today, Google admits the answer is: 14 days. Google has just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store, and the way it does business with phonemakers, cellular carriers, and app developers, unless it wins an emergency stay (pause) from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as it continues to appeal. It must stop forcing apps to use Google Play Billing, allow app developers to freely steer their users to other platforms, and limit the perks it can offer in exchange for preinstalled apps, among other changes. Those changes would not yet include Epic’s biggest wins. They don’t yet force Google to carry rival app stores within the Google Play Store, or to share its full app catalog with those rival stores, so don’t expect the Epic Games Store or the Microsoft Xbox Store to appear inside Google Play quite yet. When he issued the permanent injunction to begin cracking open Android, Judge James Donato gave Google eight months to come up with a “narrowly tailored” system of safety and security procedures before it would be forced to carry rival app stores, and Google has seven and a half months left now the previous stay has been lifted. So rival app stores won’t appear inside Google Play until 2026 at the earliest. But according to Google’s emergency stay request, it believes other changes are required far faster: “the remedies in 4-7, 9-10, and 13 of the District Court’s injunction will go into effect in 14 days.” Google claims this is an emergency because it’ll have a “significant impact” on “millions of Google’s users and over 500,000 app developers—as well as Google itself,” and that “requiring these changes to be imposed in only 14 days would expose users and developers to substantial risks and jeopardize the entire Android ecosystem.” So, which remedies are 4-7, 9, 10, and 13? They’re the ones that: <ul> <li>Stop Google from forcing app developers to use Google Play Billing</li> <li>Let Android developers tell users about other ways to pay from within the Play Store</li> <li>Let Android developers link to ways to download their apps outside of the Play Store</li> <li>Let developers set their own prices</li> <li>Stop sharing money or perks with phonemakers, carriers, and app developers in exchange for Google Play exclusivity or preinstallation</li> <li>Work with Epic to resolve any disputes as Google builds a system to let rival app stores in</li> </ul> Some of these provisions mirror changes that Epic scored in its otherwise mostly unsuccessful antitrust suit against Apple. They take on what are known as anti-steering rules — policies that, now in two major cases, courts have agreed unfairly limit developers’ access to a competitive market. I’ve copied each of those required remedies out of Judge Donato’s injunction so you can read for yourself: <blockquote> 4. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not share revenue generated by the Google Play Store with any person or entity that distributes Android apps, or has stated that it will launch or is considering launching an Android app distribution platform or store. 5. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not condition a payment, revenue share, or access to any Google product or service, on an agreement by an app developer to launch an app first or exclusively in the Google Play Store. 6. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not condition a payment, revenue share, or access to any Google product or service, on an agreement by an app developer not to launch on a third-party Android app distribution platform or store a version of an app that includes features not available in, or is otherwise different from, the version of the app offered on the Google Play Store. 7. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not condition a payment, revenue share, or access to any Google product or service, on an agreement with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or carrier to preinstall the Google Play Store on any specific location on an Android device. 9. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not require the use of Google Play Billing in apps distributed on the Google Play Store, or prohibit the use of in-app payment methods other than Google Play Billing. Google may not prohibit a developer from communicating with users about the availability of a payment method other than Google Play Billing. Google may not require a developer to set a price based on whether Google Play Billing is used. 10. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not prohibit a developer from communicating with users about the availability or pricing of an app outside the Google Play Store, and may not prohibit a developer from providing a link to download the app outside the Google Play Store. 13. Within thirty days of the date of this order, the parties will recommend to the Court a three-person Technical Committee. Epic and Google will each select one member of the Technical Committee, and those two members will select the third member. After appointment by the Court, the Technical Committee will review disputes or issues relating to the technology and processes required by the preceding provisions. If the Technical Committee cannot resolve a dispute or issue, a party may ask the Court for a resolution. The Technical Committee may not extend any deadline set in this order, but may recommend that the Court accept or deny a request to extend. Each party will bear the cost of compensating their respective party-designated committee member for their work on the committee. The third member’s fees will be paid by the parties in equal share. </blockquote> We’ve asked Google how any of these remedies might “expose users and developers to substantial risks,” and we’ll let you know what we hear. The three-judge Ninth Circuit panel denied Google’s earlier motion for a stay, and affirmed that all parts of Judge Donato’s permanent injunction were valid and appropriate, so I’m not sure why it would approve this stay instead. However, Google is signaling that it could appeal to both the full Ninth Circuit, and to the Supreme Court. You can read Google’s full emergency stay request below: </div>

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谷歌被要求在最近的反壟斷裁決後，在 14 天內對其 Google Play 應用商店進行重大更改。這些更改包括允許應用開發者使用替代的計費方式以及在 Play 商店之外推廣他們的應用。谷歌正在尋求緊急暫停，以延遲這些更改，理由是可能對用户和開發者造成風險。然而，法院的禁令並不要求谷歌在 2026 年之前整合競爭對手的應用商店。該裁決旨在增強競爭，減少谷歌在應用分發市場的壟斷地位

Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing

- Google 在反壟斷訴訟中敗訴，需在 14 天內進行重大變更。  
- 變更包括停止強制使用 Google Play Billing 和允許開發者引導用户至其他支付方式。  
- Google 聲稱這些變更將對用户和開發者造成重大影響，可能危及整個 Android 生態系統。

谷歌在緊急申請中承認，它只有兩週時間來開始開放安卓系統