Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
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#3> Larry Page told Steve Jobs in 2010 that "There will always be places we compete, and places where we cooperate."
> After another meeting between Apple and Google senior executives, notes showed that the execs agreed: "Our vision is that we work as if we are one company."
> That is a damning little piece of evidence.
Looks like it’s exactly the meritocracies Google and Apple claim to be, nothing monopoly-like to be found here... /s
Re: Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
#4We have here smoking gun evidence that both Google and Apple themselves see themselves as a monopoly, see them commenting about how they "essentially function as one company", yet I absolutely guarantee we will get a torrent of comments denying that in this thread, I am sure with a lot of smug pasting of dictionary entries.
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#5 Thu Aug 19 17:54:55 +0000 2021
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Google has a secret initiative originally called "Project Hug" that offers app makers like Activision Blizzard special treatment in exchange for paying the 30% fee and being quiet about it.
Read Twitter without a Javascript or browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28071491
Re: Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
#6tbh, isn't it completely in google's right to do this? It's not a regulated market, it's google's store.
Re: Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
#7tbh, isn't it completely in google's right to do this? It's not a regulated market, it's google's store.
That's what the lawsuit is about. "Epic’s complaint alleges that Google’s payment restrictions on the Play Store constitute a monopoly, and thus a violation of both the Sherman Act and California’s Cartwright Act."
Re: Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
#8tbh, isn't it completely in google's right to do this? It's not a regulated market, it's google's store.
> Larry Page told Steve Jobs in 2010 that "There will always be places we compete, and places where we cooperate."
> After another meeting between Apple and Google senior executives, notes showed that the execs agreed: "Our vision is that we work as if we are one company."
if it will be proven in court it's a firm base for anti monopoly/cartel case
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#9> After another meeting between Apple and Google senior executives, notes showed that the execs agreed: "Our vision is that we work as if we are one company."
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> This unredacted graf shows that telcos get up to 25% of Google's app sales to keep them from developing rival app stores on the smartphones they sell and service.
Insane reading.
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#10Google and apple shills / workers are working hard on this thread downvoting everything. Literally every comment downvoted. Are Google and apple workers that much common in hacker news? Are they that loyal to their disgusting monopolistic company they feel obliged to defend it with downvotes on some internet forum?