Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial

Technology@lemmy.world – 366 points – 8 months ago

Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial::Epic alleges that Google has been engaged in illegal price-gouging by collecting commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app digital transactions.

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Oh no! One terrible corporation is saying the other terrible corporation is terrible!

Let me play a very sad tune on this really tiny violin I found.

You might think Epic is a terrible corporation. But their ability to affect meaningful change on your daily life is effectively non-existent. Unless you are making a living being a Steam evangelist or something.

But Google has a massive amount of control over the internet. Between search, Android, Maps, ads, Gmail, etc. The level of "terribleness" they can approach vastly overshadows even the most evil stances Epic could take.

So, this "both sides are bad" take is a bit ridiculous.

The magnitude may be different, but that just makes this a "kettle meet pot" situation instead of the reverse. It's still hypocrisy.