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

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

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Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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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.

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Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world
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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.

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

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mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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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).

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helenslunch@feddit.nl
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Why would they sue Google instead of just saying “nah”? Did Google do something to prevent them from having their own in-app purchases from their own app store?

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bassomitron@lemmy.world
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Google and Apple both banned Fortnite from their respective app stores and that’s what caused Epic to sue both of them in the first place.

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ram@bookwormstory.social
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Well, Epic instigated them to ban the app so they could claim the ban as a tort under competition law.

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Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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It’s more that Epic added their own payment system to the app (and offered, IIRC, a roughly 30% decrease in Vbucks price for people who opted to use it instead), Google and Apple both responded by removing the app, and then Epic sued them both and even aired a special presentation in Fortnite. All in the same day. Epic intentionally did this.

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