According to the Wise Finance APP, a federal judge in California, USA, said that he will order Google, under Alphabet (GOOGL.US), to open its app store in the coming weeks, and accused the tech giant of not accepting the jury's verdict on its monopoly Android Application distribution and billing.

Last December, the jury sided with the developer of the popular electronic game "Fortress Night", Epic Games, and found that Google had illegally abused its power over Android applications, which brought the technology company a revenue of 14.66 billion US dollars in 2020. Judge James Donato in the San Francisco area is deciding what policy changes Google must make to comply with federal anti-monopoly laws.

Donato said at a hearing on Wednesday that he plans to make a ruling in the coming weeks and is considering remedies for areas outside the United States, as the jury found anti-competitive practices existed globally.

The judge accused Google of refusing some of the remedies proposed by Epic Games.

"Build a fence".

Donato said: "If you build a fence and keep everyone out, you'll have a stampede when you finally open the gate. You shouldn't have built the fence in the first place."

Google estimated that it might take 12 to 16 months to implement the proposed changes, but Donato said he wants the timetable to be faster.

He said, "Google can do better."

Donato's ruling will be the first in the United States to attempt to correct Google's dominance, after years of competition cases and fines totaling more than 8.25 billion euros ($9.1 billion) in Europe. Lawsuits related to Google Play are still pending, which charges software developers up to 30% commission and these developers usually have "almost no other platforms to promote their apps".

Anti-trust review.

In the December ruling, the jury found that Google, which has been under antitrust review in the past decade, engaged in illegal monopolistic practices worldwide.

Last week, a federal judge in another court ruled that Google had illegally monopolized the online search and advertising market. Reportedly, the US Department of Justice and some state attorneys general filed the lawsuit, and were considering whether to seek a split of Google after the verdict.

Epic had requested the implementation of some remedies (such as allowing third-party app stores to access millions of apps in the Google Play Store) for six years. Google argued that one or two years should be enough time for the app to gain attention, and that thereafter, Google should not be forced to "support its competitors".

Donato said his ruling could last at least three years. He also plans to appoint a three-member technical committee to monitor whether the company is complying with his orders.

The judge repeatedly assured Google's lawyers that he did not intend to micromanage Google's business.

Donato said, "I do not intend to issue an extremely detailed injunction that will ultimately harm competition."

Epic has also launched a long-standing antitrust lawsuit against Apple (AAPL.US) App Store.