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As announced in March, Google Play users on Android are starting to see the Movies & TV store disappear from the app. On mobile, Google no longer wants people to browse, search, buy, or rent television shows and movies from the Play Store application. Instead, Google TV is the intended replacement where you can also see your library, while it was recently updated with a “Highlights” news feed. As part of this change, there are now changes to past purchases, family sharing,… Source link

By Bryan Koenig (May 27, 2022, 6:38 PM EDT) — Google is following in Apple’s footsteps with a newly announced deal resolving claims from app developers even as it continues to battle antitrust allegations over the Android Play Store from Epic Games, state attorneys general and consumers who sought class certification Thursday. Developers behind smaller apps — in the Google case, those with $2 million in annual sales or less — have so far been the only plaintiffs willing to settle… Source link

Google is opening its second physical store this summer. It will be located in Brooklyn. (Photo Courtesy, Google) Google is opening its second retail store. The brick-and-mortar Google Store will be located at 134 N 6th St., in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. It is set to open Thursday, June 16. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. Source link

At its I/O developer conference, Google today launched Google Wallet, a new Android and Wear OS app that will allow users to store things like credit cards, loyalty cards, digital IDs, transit passes, concert tickets, vaccination cards and more. That’s pretty straightforward, but from here on out, it gets a bit confusing. Google, after all, has long offered the Google Pay app (and yes — a Google Wallet app, too), where you could store your credit cards for online and contactless… Source link

The suit by Match Group (MTCH) is the latest antitrust complaint to hit Google (GOOG) after years of scrutiny over its business practices. The suit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Google not only has a monopoly on the distribution of Android apps, but also forces app makers to accept contract language that locks them into using Google’s in-app payment technology and requires them to pay fees to Google. “These exorbitant ‘fees’… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif., May 9 (Reuters) – Dating apps maker Match Group Inc (MTCH.O) sued Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday, calling the action a “last resort” to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Play store for refusing to share up to 30% of their sales. Match’s lawsuit is the latest to target Google’s allegedly anticompetitive conduct with the Play store, joining ongoing cases brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games, dozens of U.S. state attorneys general and… Source link

A competition complaint against Google’s Android Play Store by Match Group, the company which owns Tinder and a number of other dating apps, has led to a preliminary investigation by the Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) into whether the tech giant is abusing a dominant position, the regulator said today. Match Group declined to comment on the substance of its complaint — but the ACM confirmed it has received “a request for enforcement regarding the Google… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register AMSTERDAM, May 4 (Reuters) – The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced on Wednesday a preliminary investigation into Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google for possible anti-competitive practices in its Play store. Dating-app provider The Matchgroup asked the regulator to assess… Source link

Epic Games has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Google from removing independent music storefront Bandcamp from the Android app store — which Google has apparently threatened to do because Bandcamp is using its own billing system instead of paying Google an app store fee. Bandcamp, which Epic acquired in March, has used its own billing system on Android since 2015, and was able to do so because of rules exempting digital music from having to use Google’s billing… Source link

It’s clear that Google’s automated Play Store policy enforcement system has glaring weaknesses regularly threatening the livelihoods of smaller developers, as we’ve covered again and again. The latest case goes beyond everything we’ve seen so far, though. A company’s developer account and the company owner’s personal Google account were terminated after a former employee seemingly violated Play Store policies — three years after leaving the company, with no ties between his… Source link