Source: TechCrunch
A Portuguese app distributor regained access to Google's Android marketplace after 11 years. Google's forced concessions allowing competing stores on its platform represent a regulatory victory—a competitor previously banned now returning with paying developers and users. This matters because it's the first proof point that courts can force open walled gardens. If Aptoide gains traction, other third-party stores will follow, fragmenting what was an absolute Google monopoly for mobile app distribution in the US.