Epic is changing the game with its verdict, but will the Play Store improve as Google is forced to cooperate with the competition

The “dangerous” permissions highlighted by that report include location tracking, access to cameras, contacts and the phone itself. Google’s enhanced protection doesn’t clamp down as widely as that, but focuses on financial exploits that require user credentials and one-time passcodes.

The significant ruling announced massive changes to Google's Play Store operations where it will no longer be allowed to make payments exclusive to the app marketplace, as well as third-party app stores to be available to Android users.

Google has moved for an emergency stay on the Epic judgment, as the Court gave just three weeks to make sweeping changes to the Play Store.

E pic’s lawsuit against Google resulted in a final ruling that would require Google to open up its Play Store to third-party app store competitors, but that no longer appears to