{"id":1375,"date":"2025-10-07T03:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-supreme-court-didnt-save-google-from-epic-and-now-the-clock-is-ticking\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T03:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:28:10","slug":"the-supreme-court-didnt-save-google-from-epic-and-now-the-clock-is-ticking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-supreme-court-didnt-save-google-from-epic-and-now-the-clock-is-ticking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court didn\u2019t save Google from Epic, and now the clock is ticking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25047547\/236883_Epic_Vs_Google_B_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/717440\/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google had just two weeks to begin cracking open Android<\/a>, and to stop forcing app developers to use its own payment systems, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/716856\/epic-v-google-win-in-appeals-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epic Games won its Google lawsuit for the second time<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now, Google has just over two weeks once again \u2014 because the US Supreme Court has decided not to save Google ahead of its Supreme Court appeal. Today, the Court denied the company\u2019s request for a partial stay, meaning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/717440\/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">permanent injunction is still in effect<\/a>, meaning Google must do the following things <em>this month<\/em> or be in violation:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop Google from forcing app developers to use Google Play Billing<\/li>\n<li>Let Android developers tell users about other ways to pay from within the Play Store<\/li>\n<li>Let Android developers link to ways to download their apps outside of the Play Store<\/li>\n<li>Let developers set their own prices<\/li>\n<li>Stop sharing money or perks with phonemakers, carriers, and app developers in exchange for Google Play exclusivity or preinstallation<\/li>\n<li>Work with Epic to resolve any disputes as Google builds a system to let rival app stores into Google Play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Epic Games says the deadline for Google to comply is now October 22nd, 2025. \u201cStarting October 22, developers will be legally entitled to steer US Google Play users to out-of-app payments without fees, scare screens, and friction \u2013 same as Apple App Store users in the US!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/1975309212336238829\" target=\"_blank\">writes Epic CEO Tim Sweeney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/chrome_tQVO8iDX9y.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;There\u2019s not a lot to this particular Supreme Court order; this is the entire thing.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: US Supreme Court\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: US Supreme Court\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Google wouldn\u2019t explicitly tell <em>The Verge<\/em> if the company now plans to remove the requirement for Google Play Billing, allow other payment methods, and allow developers to link outside the Play Store to app downloads, among other things, at the same time it\u2019s still trying to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But spokesperson Dan Jackson tells <em>The Verge<\/em> that the company will comply with its legal obligations, and passed along the following statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cAndroid provides more choice for users and developers than any mobile OS, and the changes ordered by the US District Court will jeopardize users\u2019 ability to safely download apps. While we\u2019re disappointed the order isn\u2019t stayed, we will continue our appeal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Epic did not immediately answer our questions about whether it\u2019s now working with Google on the court-mandated Joint Technical Committee to figure out how to bring Google Play apps to rival app stores without jeopardizing that safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Google has said it will fully appeal to the Supreme Court for certiorari by October 27th, 2025 \u2014 but that would be after the deadline. The district court judge who originally issued the injunction, Judge James Donato, previously asked Google and Epic to explain how they\u2019ll comply with it in his courtroom on October 30th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s still possible that the Supreme Court might take up the case after Google\u2019s deadline has passed. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August, Google had just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, and to stop forcing app developers to use [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}