As a result of its loss in that case, Google may be forced to open Android up to third-party app stores by sharing the Google Play app catalog and distributing other stores. That will give a boost to platforms like Epic Games and Microsoft. Amazon could have benefitted as well, at least in theory. The company's decision to end phone support for the Appstore now illustrates how few people used it. Perhaps things would have been different if Microsoft hadn't abandoned the Windows Subsystem for And...