Aptoide accuses Google of preventing users from installing its app store on Android devices

Aptoide, a competing application store for Google Play Store, has filed a complaint with antitrust regulators of the European Union accusing Alapabet, the Google owner, of preventing its service from running. on Android phones and tablets.

"The anti-virus software built into the Android operating system has prevented users from downloading and using the Aptoide store, which constitutes a violation of the EU's competition rules. "

This step comes several days before the imposition. Salta The anti-monopoly of the European Union on Google fine on the operating practices of the Android operating system in the case of Google's abuse and monopoly of its Android, a case where the company Aptoide, which is based in Lisbon, one of the main plaintiffs. The EU says the company is preventing consumers from buying innovative smartphones based on modified or alternative versions that could be better than the Android system, even though the EU decision does not May not be the end of the day. This The company may appeal, but in the meantime, it may have to change its business practices or expose itself to additional financial penalties every day it does not comply with the EU decision.

It is not yet known if this additional complaint The owner of the store Aptoide will affect the results of the investigation of the case of monopoly of the Android system that the EU is currently considering, since the investigation is at an advanced stage.

The Aptoid Spokesperson said: For viruses in Android and named after Google Play Protect was Users paying by a notice to uninstall Aptoide shop of their computers, Mahzza them of the opportunity to download the store for malicious applications. For those who have chosen to keep the store Aptoide despite the warning, the App Store no longer works and can no longer install applications. "

Aptoide CEO, Paolo Trezentos, said:" This behavior is really aggressive, The Aptoide store is dangerous, confirming that it is one of the shops of The most secure applications of the market.

Aptoide has confirmed that it has filed an additional complaint against Google with the European Commission, particularly the antitrust authority of the European Union earlier this week. Commission in Brussels comments on order to date, and According to Bloomberg report,

Google says its protection system uses automated learning techniques and verifies billions of daily applications before and after installation to ensure that devices remain secure.

"Devices that downloaded apps exclusively from the Play Store were more likely to download malicious apps in less than nine times the number of devices downloaded from other sources," says Dave Kleidermacher , responsible for Android, Google Play and Chrome.

The Aptoide complaint complies with a broader battle between a Google trap and small business software makers in an attempt to cut space on Android devices that capture the largest market share smartphones. They say that Google's behavior of imposing its own applications on smartphones and tablet manufacturers makes them difficult to compete with.