Alphabet Shares Face Pressure Following Court Ruling on Play Store

A recent federal appeals court decision has created fresh challenges for Alphabet Inc., mandating significant operational changes to Google’s Play Store that could impact its revenue model. This development comes just weeks after the technology conglomerate secured a favorable ruling in a separate antitrust case concerning its Chrome browser.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Google’s motion to further postpone mandated reforms to its Play Store ecosystem. The ruling requires immediate implementation of measures that will fundamentally alter the digital marketplace’s competitive landscape.

Key provisions include making competing app stores directly downloadable through the Google Play Store platform and providing rival services access to Google’s app catalog. In a... Read more...