The judge puts on hold the changes to the Google Play monopoly planned for November 1st

In response to losing the Epic lawsuit after the original judge granted a “temporary administrative stay,” Google will no longer have to make a series of Play Store changes until November 1st.

As The edge This pause is reportedly intended to allow a higher court to grant Google’s request for a longer stay, which should remain in place until the appeal process is completed, which could take several years. The district judge who ruled on the changes expects the appeals court to grant that motion, which was filed earlier this week.

Google shared the following statement regarding this break:

We are pleased with the district court’s decision to temporarily suspend implementation dangerous remedies requested by Epic as the Court of Appeal considers our request for a further stay of relief pending our appeal. These remedies threaten Google Play’s ability to provide a safe experience, and we look forward to continuing to do so Do our thing to protect 100 million US Android users, over 500,000 US developers, and thousands of partners who have benefited from our platforms.

– Google spokesperson

Originally, Google had until November 1st to implement some big changes to the Play Store, such as allowing other in-app payment methods (Google Play Billing may no longer be required) and allowing developers to “buy the app via download a link outside of Google Play”. Store” as well as the availability/prices of the app. Microsoft planned to take advantage of the changes.

Additionally, Google, along with OEMs and other partners, could:

• “…do not condition any payment, revenue share, or access to a Google product or service on an app developer’s agreement not to launch on a third-party Android app distribution platform or store a version of an app that contains features that are not available in or is otherwise different from the version of the app offered in the Google Play Store.”
• “…do not condition any payment, revenue share, or access to a Google product or service on an app developer’s agreement to publish an app first or exclusively in the Google Play Store.”
• “…do not make any payment, revenue share, or access to a Google product or service contingent on an agreement with an OEM or carrier, pre-installing an Android app distribution platform, or a store other than the Google Play Store.”
• “…do not make any payment, revenue share, or access to a Google product or service contingent on an agreement with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or wireless carrier to pre-install the Google Play Store in a specific location on an Android device.”
• “…will not share revenue generated by the Google Play Store with any person or entity that distributes Android apps or has stated that they will or are considering launching an Android app distribution platform or app store. “

In the meantime, this also puts on hold the mandate that requires Google to distribute third-party app stores and give them access to the Play Store catalog. Google has eight months to make these changes.