Action against Google

GrapheneOS

Stephan-P We've already previously been in contact with the EU Commission. They're not empty words and we don't expect they'll change their stance towards us on their own.

upstage4186

This is amazing from GrapheneOS.

Is there any way for me to directly support the legal action against Google?

Murcielago

upstage4186

Lawyers cost money - I think donations always help.

https://grapheneos.org/donate

dregrinfuces

Dumdum Unfortunately, my banks have their check deposit function solely in their apps (i.e., can't do it from their web page). Neither of my banks have local branches.

Ammako

Murcielago Even if I can understand this step as a means of exerting pressure on Google- doesn't this ultimately weaken the security of devices with GrapheneOS too?

Not necessarily. They can still patch security vulnerabilities in GOS without reporting them to be patched in AOSP.

zzz

I read about this recent ruling in the US:

Epic Games - the company behind the wildly successful multiplayer game Fortnite - has been chasing Google and Apple through the courts [...] for years, and last December, they prevailed in their case against Google.

This week's court ruling is the next step in that victory. Having concluded that Google illegally acquired and maintained a monopoly over apps for Android, the court had to decide what to do about it. [...]

For the next three years, Google must meet the following criteria:

• Allow third-party app stores for Android, and let those app stores distribute all the same apps as are available in Google Play (app developers can opt out of this);

• Distribute third-party app stores as apps, so users can switch app stores by downloading a new one from Google Play, in just the same way as they'd install any app; [...]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/court-orders-google-monopolist-knock-it-monopoly-stuff

Does anyone know - will this positively impact the Play Integrity API issues discussed in this thread?

splattergames

zzz I don't think anyone knows as of yet. It's not even certain that this ruling will prevail. It might as well be overruled since they have Apple as a precedent (also mentioned in that article). Google in theory would only need to allow the devs to offer their apps on different stores. These devs already decide by themselves if they want to use the PI-API. If they want to continue using the Play Store and nothing else, this will most likely change nothing about it.
The same situation can be seen with Apple's sideloading feature that barely anyone uses. We see nothing of the promised "revolution" that was to come for EU citizens. A big nothingburger.

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