Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight - eviltoast

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

  • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

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

      • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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        1 year 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).