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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Epic never sued for monetary damages; it wants the court to tell Google that every app developer has total freedom to introduce its own app stores and its own billing systems on Android

This seems like a poor choice instead of monetary damages. I have the Epic ~~Games Launcher~~ free game downloader for games I forget I own. I'm very unlikely to start using Epic's services over Google's.

I'd have taken the money and run

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think their goal is to let people buy in game currency for fortnight without the play store cut.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Ah ok that's def a good move for them then. That would probably be more than any payout, long-term.

Hadn't considered it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’d have taken the money and run

That would have been penny wise, and pound foolish.

Sometimes it's okay to swing for the fences, even if you end up missing, it's usually worth the try.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

This whole thing stinks. It’s the kind of lawsuit where you wish both parties could lose. The whole walled garden concept sucks, but this doesn’t exactly benefit consumers. Nobody wants a dozen different app stores where we need to set up accounts and payment info - not consumers and not small to medium size developers.

If Epic gets what they’re asking for it sure as hell won’t be what they want. Google still controls the OS so they can just make some shitty third party app store API with requirements just as onerous as IAP that puts everyone else at a disadvantage. If I’m Google, my new motto is “Android’s not done until Fortnite won’t run”.