Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightflop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 1568 points – 7 months agotheverge.comWell, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.276Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI imagine Epic doesn't really care about that so much as not giving Google 30% of in-game purchases in Fortnite.But they wouldn't have to use Google's IAP service if they distributed Fortnite as a self-updating apk on their website.Maybe, but that's not where the vast majority of people look for apks and part of the lawsuit where Epic says they have a monopoly.And ask normal people to give their browser app-install permissions? Those sound very scary, not a very practical way to get a lot of users
I imagine Epic doesn't really care about that so much as not giving Google 30% of in-game purchases in Fortnite.But they wouldn't have to use Google's IAP service if they distributed Fortnite as a self-updating apk on their website.Maybe, but that's not where the vast majority of people look for apks and part of the lawsuit where Epic says they have a monopoly.And ask normal people to give their browser app-install permissions? Those sound very scary, not a very practical way to get a lot of users
But they wouldn't have to use Google's IAP service if they distributed Fortnite as a self-updating apk on their website.Maybe, but that's not where the vast majority of people look for apks and part of the lawsuit where Epic says they have a monopoly.And ask normal people to give their browser app-install permissions? Those sound very scary, not a very practical way to get a lot of users
Maybe, but that's not where the vast majority of people look for apks and part of the lawsuit where Epic says they have a monopoly.
And ask normal people to give their browser app-install permissions? Those sound very scary, not a very practical way to get a lot of users
I imagine Epic doesn't really care about that so much as not giving Google 30% of in-game purchases in Fortnite.
But they wouldn't have to use Google's IAP service if they distributed Fortnite as a self-updating apk on their website.
Maybe, but that's not where the vast majority of people look for apks and part of the lawsuit where Epic says they have a monopoly.
And ask normal people to give their browser app-install permissions?
Those sound very scary, not a very practical way to get a lot of users