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> “Google deprives competitors, on a discriminatory basis, of access to the App Store, which an essential facility or resource.”

Is this a legally sound statement? Specifically the last part about "essential facility or resource." I'm not at all a law expert. I personally don't believe in the implications of the claim, hence my question

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That could be the most interesting part of this case; if access to an appstore is essential for a service, can Google/Apple forever remain the "Default Providers" while still enforcing their own rules?

I have a feeling that the Internet Explorer default-browser antitrust fight will have to be had again, although gab might not get that far.

Yes if you regulate Google as a utility. This maybe like the way that cable companies were forced to air public access television. Google may be force to add them to the Play store but with an 'explicit content' warning.

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