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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

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