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Google must still open up their Play Store to other payments options by October 22, as the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Google’s request for a stay on the order.

AP News reports that the Court delivered a one-sentence decision rebuffing Google’s request on Monday. 

This was after a December 2023 jury verdict declaring the Play Store an illegal monopoly, and a subsequent order in October 2024 by a U.S. District Judge telling Google to open the Play Store to alternative options. 

AP News goes on to report that Google was seeking the delay during a “last-ditch attempt to overturn the December 2023 jury verdict, and that Google has issued a statement saying that the company will continue fighting the order. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had already rejected Google’s attempt to overturn the monopoly verdict and subsequent order. 

Reporting from Reuters clarifies that parts of the 2024 injunction requiring Google to open the Play Store up to rival app stores within its Play Store do not take effect until July 2026 — but the part forcing Google to allow developers to use external links in their apps to bypass Google’s billing is the part due to take effect later this month.

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Katie Stephan

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Katie Stephan is the Senior Content Strategist at FastSpring. Besides her extensive marketing experience, she has an MFA in creative nonfiction writing and has served her local communities as a college writing instructor.
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