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

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[–] 29 points 2 years ago (7 children)

So now Google will be forced to... allow third party app stores? Like F-Droid or Amazon and I think Yandex has a big one as well. If Epic aren't suing for damages I don't really see what the goal could be. Another win for all the lawyers I guess.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I imagine Epic doesn't really care about that so much as not giving Google 30% of in-game purchases in Fortnite.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But they wouldn't have to use Google's IAP service if they distributed Fortnite as a self-updating apk on their website.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Google isn't being forced to do anything. The judge specifically stated they're not doing injunctions or anything. If Epic has another problem, "you can come back."

    Now, that's still a ruling, and a ruling helps dissuade Google from doing certain things, but there's not likely to be anything "forced" here.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Currently, it's.more that Google isn't being forced to do anything yet. The judge has said a few things he won't do, but the final judgement on what Google has to do are "up to Judge James Donato, who’ll decide what the appropriate remedies might be."

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    If Epic aren’t suing for damages I don’t really see what the goal could be

    As reported by The Verge,

    Epic says it’s asking for three things: freedom for Epic and other developers to introduce their own stores without restriction, total freedom to use its own billing system, and an anti-circumvention provision “just to be sure Google can’t reintroduce the same problems through some alternative creative solution.”

    Judge Donato says the last won’t happen: “We don’t do don’t- break-the-law injunctions... if you have a problem, you can come back.”

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