▲ 1572 ▼ Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 256 comments fedilink hide all child comments Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ram@bookwormstory.social 2 points 2 years ago Well, Epic instigated them to ban the app so they could claim the ban as a tort under competition law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): special presentation Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ram@bookwormstory.social 2 points 2 years ago Well, Epic instigated them to ban the app so they could claim the ban as a tort under competition law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): special presentation Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 2 points 2 years ago Well, Epic instigated them to ban the app so they could claim the ban as a tort under competition law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): special presentation Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
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