1w ago

Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same

www.theverge.com

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1w ago

Epic Games just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again

www.theverge.com /news/716856/epic-v-google-win-in-appeals-court

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If you were OOTL and confused af, here is a paragraph that makes it easier to understand:
The consequences of the full permanent injunction would stretch far beyond Epic’s own store and its game Fortnite. They would force Google to effectively open up its app store to competition for three whole years. Google would have to distribute other rival app stores within the Google Play store, too, give rivals access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, and it would be banned from a variety of anticompetitive practices including a requirement that apps use Google Play Billing. You can read a summary of the details here.
- This judge actually fully understand how companies abuse two sided marketplaces and is thus forcing Google to open up both sides of the marketplace to competition. Both forcing Google to host new app stores inside the Play store so that they're visible to consumers, and forcing Google to allow those app stores to distribute the Google Play apps so that the app stores aren't crippled by a lack of developers.
  This is a way way way bigger win than I could ever have hoped for.
  
  That's actually fucking crazy for an american judge. Hope it actually happens.
  
  Yeah, remember how big of a stink Internet Explorer on Windows was in the 90s? Imagine if Internet Explorer blocked you from downloading other browsers. That's basically what Google Play Store has been doing. Why it's taken this long to get fixed is beyond me, but I'm glad it's happening.
  Hits the griddy with Thanos or something, idk, I don't play Fortnite.
- three years
  so not 'never'
Wait, is Epic Games using their Fortnite-Billions for something useful?
- PC Gamers think Epic is the devil incarnate because they paid for exclusive games for the EGS, meanwhile they have spent the majority of their fortune on massive legal fees making a bigger impact in the world of digital anti-trust than virtually anyone else on the planet.
  Allowing companies to conglomerate is the single worst thing that prevents capitalism from functioning even a little bit, and tech companies are the worst at falsely claiming that every product needs to be tied to every other product, because they can use software and continuous updates to break any third party compatibility that is created.
  
  I think the part about exclusives and other claims is just a way to fight the cognitive dissonance of seeing something good but having spent so much time and money on something else. Always being in attack mode distracts them and others from focusing on the problems of Steam.

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