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 has moved for an emergency stay on the Epic judgment, as the Court gave just three weeks to make sweeping changes to the Play Store.

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

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

Google went to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to ask for emergency stay of Epic rulling. Google first appealed directly to Judge Donato but is unwiling to wait until Friday to h