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I don't like Google (and they deserve an L), but Epic really shouldn't be given a win either. Pardon my Australian, but Tim Sweeney is cunt with ulterior motives and dreams of buying his way into his own monopoly.
While epic aren't the white knight we want, anti competitive practices should be stamped out. It's come out that Spotify get special terms. How can anyone new compete with them? The cut taken by app stores for what is effectively payment process in most cases is crazy.
They command the power as they have users. However most users don't choose to be there. They have no choice but to use the app stores. It is technically possible to download from elsewhere, at least on Android, but it gets harder and harder to do so.
Personally, a few years ago I never would have co sidered an android phone without gapps. Now it's becoming more and more clear that it's a necessity. More and more tracking. More and more rorting. More fees. More micro transactions. More and more locked down.
This is why Epic shouldn't give a win. They're just trying to get competition out of the way so they can do all their own anti competitive practices.