There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

Bluefruit ,

It’s a historic victory, particularly because Epic mostly lost its fight against Apple two years ago when Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided that fight had nothing to do with apps.

But Epic v. Google turned out to be a very different case. It hinged on secret revenue sharing deals between Google, smartphone makers, and big game developers, ones that Google execs internally believed were designed to keep rival app stores down. It showed that Google was running scared of Epic specifically. And it was all decided by a jury, unlike the Apple ruling.

LoremIpsumGenerator ,

Up next google banning device fingerprints for “security”.

blahsay ,

I just wish epic were actually the good guys in this. It’s more like bane vs joker.

Gazumi ,

About time too. Monopolies are the antithesis of what they claim to be

nudnyekscentryk ,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

it wants the court to tell Google that every app developer has total freedom to introduce its own app stores and its own billing systems on Android

Don’t they? Am I missing something?

vagrantprodigy ,

I am also confused. I can see Apple getting sued for this, but I have multiple app stores on my Android phone.

Ibex0 ,

Sure, Google is problematic, but I don’t see how Epic is helping here.

scottmeme ,

Fuck epic, hope this gets appealed.

chloyster ,

I mean I don’t love either company but I’d argue Google is a much more shit company than epic lol

Arbiter ,

why?

Switorik ,

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.

greybeard ,

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.

nudnyekscentryk ,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.

In what way?

greybeard ,

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.

nudnyekscentryk ,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

That is not true since Android 12

drmoose ,

“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.

NeoNachtwaechter ,

In the free world outside Usa, Apple gets more legal attacks for that than Google.

nudnyekscentryk ,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

or provide direct alternatives.

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?!

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • [email protected]
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines
    •