Google says that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

The company says the imminent deadline to implement changes gives it little time to try to mitigate ‘serious risks.’

Google is appealing to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to pause a ruling in the Epic vs Google case that mandates significant changes to its Android ecosystem. The company argues the court-ordered modifications,

Google says in a statement about its motion that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

Google wants an emergency pause as it argues that Android users, developers will be at risk if District Court order is implemented