# Challengers Approach: Third Party App Stores Arrive to Google Play

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/challengers-approach-third-party-app-stores-arrive-google-play

If you are an Android user, you may have noticed it already: Google has begun allowing rival, third-party app stores to be distributed through the Google Play Store. And if you are a developer, you may have noticed new options for billing and distributing your apps. For years, Epic Games, maker of games such as Fortnite, has been suing Google, alleging violations of antitrust law. Specifically at issue were Google's restrictions on the distribution of alternate app stores through the Play Store, restrictions on app developers who have little practical choice but to distribute their apps throug

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Created: 2026-10-20T19:35:16.677458+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-20T19:35:16.677458+00:00

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Original source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/challengers-approach-third-party-app-stores-arrive-google-play