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Epic vs. Google Trial Verdict, a Win for All Developers

48 points| pr0zac | 2 years ago |epicgames.com

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gnabgib|2 years ago

This is very duped: "Epic vs. Google: Google Loses"-verge[0] (583 points, 5 hours ago, 517 comments), "Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight"-verge[1] (222 points, 4 hours ago, 2 comments), "Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google"-wp[2] (10 points, 4 hours ago, 0 comments), "Epic Games wins Google Play Store Antitrust Suit"-wsj[3] (16 points, 4 hours ago, 7 comments), "Google's App Store Monopoly Ruled Illegal as Jury Sides with Epic"-wired[4] (3 points, 4 hours ago, 0 comments), "Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides with Epic Games (PDF)"-courtListener[5] (9 points, 3 hours ago, 2 comments), "Jury decides Google's Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers"-apnews[6] (3 points, 2 hour ago, 0 comments)

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607424

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607474

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607596

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607695

[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607906

[5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38608399

[6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38608582

lern_too_spel|2 years ago

I don't understand all the hate that Epic gets. They give away games for free, they don't block alternative clients for their store, and they fight the good fight against Google and Apple. Sure, all of these benefit them, but they benefit users as well. If it weren't for this lawsuit, you can be sure we wouldn't have https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/features#aut...

austin-cheney|2 years ago

Its all the same evil. The name of the game is vendor lock-in to a consolidated platform, also known as a walled garden. Google gives a lot away for free as well. When you access these applications are the applications the products or are you the product? To me that determines where the evil occurs as it drives motivation.

ryao|2 years ago

Their CEO compared using Linux to moving to Canada (which historically was done to avoid military drafts). Not only did he insult an entire country, but he also implied that supporting Linux was the act of a coward.

owlbite|2 years ago

As far as I can see Epic doesn't have a problem with Apple/Google/Steam's business model. They have a problem with not being Apple/Google/Steam themselves.

throwawa14223|2 years ago

At least among my friend group they are hated for poaching games and turning them into exclusives.