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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 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] 20 points 11 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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).