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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by flop_leash_973 to c/technology

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

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[–] cybersandwich 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is so wild. Google allows side loading and 3rd party app stores…and that is the reason they were found guilty.

Unlike Apple, Google allows people to download apps onto phones running its Android operating system without going through its official app store, but the company strikes deals with phone manufacturers to favor Google’s official app store.

So because they strike deals to favor their store, even though they allow 3rd party stores to begin with, they’ve violated the SAA.

Meanwhile, Apple who refuses to allow competition or 3rd party app stores is sitting pretty because…well, they haven’t “favored” their own store over rival stores. BECAUSE RIVAL STORES CANT EXIST. I don’t know how you could favor your store any harder than that??

The legal shenanigans around all of this are frustrating to watch as a lay person.

[–] Killer 15 points 1 year ago

looks at epic "striking deals" to have games on their storefront

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