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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (8 children)

No I think Google tried to tell Epic they couldn't have their own processing for in-app purchases. That's what Epic sued over.

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

    There are multiple entities with their own payment processing mechanisms running on Android. Epic was definitely able to run their own if they wanted to.

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

    Many of them are either exceptions made by Google through shady deals or apps that were overlooked by Google before they published the app.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That’s exactly what sunk Google’s case though. They’re inconsistent. Had they most likely shown they’re consistent to other apps they could have been more likely to get a jury on their side (like in the case with Apple).

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

    Google and Apple both banned Fortnite from their respective app stores and that's what caused Epic to sue both of them in the first place.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It's more that Epic added their own payment system to the app (and offered, IIRC, a roughly 30% decrease in Vbucks price for people who opted to use it instead), Google and Apple both responded by removing the app, and then Epic sued them both and even aired a special presentation in Fortnite. All in the same day. Epic intentionally did this.

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