Forbes

Google Confirms Play Store App Deletion—Now Just 6 Weeks Away

Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone when it comes to privacy and security. But one battlefield where Android continues to trail iPhone by some distance is app safety ...
Android Authority

Millions of Android apps have disappeared from the Play Store this year, and for good reason

Google Play Store has lost nearly half of its apps since early 2024, dropping from 3.4 million to around 1.8 million. The sharp decline follows stricter quality policies that removed low-functionality ...
Ars Technica

Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies

Changes are coming to the Play Store in spite of a concerted effort from Google to maintain the status quo. The company asked the US Supreme Court to freeze parts of the Play Store antitrust ruling ...
Ars Technica

Google makes first Play Store changes after losing Epic Games antitrust case

Since launching Google Play (née Android Market) in 2008, Google has never made a change to the US store that it didn’t want to make—until now. Having lost the antitrust case brought by Epic Games, ...