Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

Post by scarface74 » Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:25 AM UTC

ineedasername wrote: post #34

scarface74 wrote: post #6

But Andy Rubin told us.... the definition of open: "mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make"

He's been gone from Google for six years, so I don't think we can paint him as a hypocrite or going back on his word over this. EDIT: In fact it was around the time Android was changing a little bit away from its open source roots that Rubin was sidelined out of the Android division and into robotics, shortly after which he quit.

Post by ClumsyPilot » Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:27 AM UTC

guhayun wrote: post #37

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #25

I think in the last thread a bunch of people were adamant Google wasn't a monopolist because plenty of phones shipped with app stores outside of Play. Seems like Google picks and chooses which of those are okay. It's time to stop lying: Google will absolutely abandon every single rule in the book to ensure they get 30% of Fortnite purchases. It's too lucrative, and Google is too greedy. This has nothing to do with sa…

Their customers are not your right For example,you are not forbidden from developing for some random Linux distro They did not build their trust and ecosystem for free,so you should'nt have access to them for free 30% is not unreasonable,costs can be managed,since you are selling a digital product

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:29 AM UTC

guhayun wrote: post #37

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #25

I think in the last thread a bunch of people were adamant Google wasn't a monopolist because plenty of phones shipped with app stores outside of Play. Seems like Google picks and chooses which of those are okay. It's time to stop lying: Google will absolutely abandon every single rule in the book to ensure they get 30% of Fortnite purchases. It's too lucrative, and Google is too greedy. This has nothing to do with sa…

Their customers are not your right For example,you are not forbidden from developing for some random Linux distro They did not build their trust and ecosystem for free,so you should'nt have access to them for free 30% is not unreasonable,costs can be managed,since you are selling a digital product

Post by rrdharan » Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:31 AM UTC

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #47

gok wrote: post #3

"Google prohibitions on bloatware hurt bloatware deal, claims bloatware vendor"

You mean like how my phone shipped with Google music and Google duo, two discontinued services but with applications i now can't delete?

Post by ffdjjjffjj » Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 3:40 AM UTC

selectodude wrote: post #4

I know that decimate is a colloquialism nowadays but I feel like a publication should know better. Unless Google asked for ten percent of the proceeds or something, as a headline it makes absolutely no sense.