Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight::A jury has decided for Epic Games in the Epic v. Google trial, giving the Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker a historic win in its fight to change how app stores work.
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight::A jury has decided for Epic Games in the Epic v. Google trial, giving the Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker a historic win in its fight to change how app stores work.
If Google does then so does Apple?
I don’t fully understand this. If you want your app on a store front, you play by their rules or provide direct alternatives.
The problem is, they can’t provide a direct alternative. On Apple they straight can’t sideload, and on Android Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.
In what way?
They have made it nearly impossible for a non-rooted phone to have apps automatically update, or an app store automatically update apps if it isn’t the play store.
That is not true since Android 12
“Apple has better lawyers and protection” basically. The fact that Apple’s lock down is still a thing just boggles my mind, especially post windows internet explorer world.
yeah. Huawei has their own, Samsung has their own, Amazon has their own, Xiaomi has their own, I imagine so do all other Chinese OEM’s. All of these run Android. What exactly does this verdict mean? What was the jury smoking and how the fuck did Google let it slide?!
In the free world outside Usa, Apple gets more legal attacks for that than Google.
The reason Google competes unfairly and Apple doesn’t is precisely due to Android being an open ecosystem. While possible, Google does a bunch of deals and other things to push Play Services.
I personally think Apple shouldn’t get away with it either, but it’s undeniable that they always had the iPhone hardware, OS and Apple Store as a single package.