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After 18 months of appeals, Google finally opens Play Store to third-party app stores on July 22 — but the biggest winners are already giants.
2026-07-19
A federal judge forces Google to let rival app stores into Google Play starting July 22, 2026, but a $5,000 annual fee and service charges tilt the field toward Epic and Amazon, not small developers.
2026-07-19