SCOTUS Fast‑Tracks Play Store Reforms

The Supreme Court declined to pause Epic’s antitrust remedies, so Google must, within weeks, allow developers to link to outside payments and downloads and stop forcing Google Play Billing. More sweeping changes arrive in 2026. This is a court‑driven U.S. opening of a dominant app store rather than a legislative one. — A judicially imposed openness regime for a core mobile platform sets a U.S. precedent that could reshape platform power, developer economics, and future antitrust remedies.