Epic Games could mostly lose its lawsuit against Google, too
The Epic Games vs Google anti-trust case continues with Google filing a compelling counterclaim with multiple accusations.
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The Epic Games vs Google anti-trust case continues with Google filing a compelling counterclaim with multiple accusations.
In 2019, Epic Games had an ambitious plan to allow gamers and devs to make custom content to sell in Fortnite's in-game store.
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“Even Amazon, one of the biggest and most sophisticated content distributors has tried but failed to create a competitive app store that could weaken Google’s app distribution monopoly,” the states said in their complaint. It’s unclear whether Amazon complained to antitrust investigators about Google’s conduct, or otherwise cooperated with the investigation by state attorneys general. But the suit cites a description of the difficulties the company had attempting to “sideload” its app store onto Android devices. “Even for consumers who discover and download an alternate store ...