Portuguese app store Aptoide said that a local court had ruled against Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a landmark case, ordering the U.S. giant to stop removing its app from users’ mobile phones without their knowledge. Aptoide’s lawyer Carlos Nestal said it was the first case of an EU national court enforcing separation of the Android operating system and services that run on it, to allow competitors like Aptoide to compete with Google apps.
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