So does this mean they can go back after Apple and win, using this as precedent?
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#12Didn't Apple effectively win their lawsuit while having an actual monopoly on iPhone app installs? Can someone explain why Google lost despite android having all sorts of way to install apps while bypassing the play store?
I'm guessing it's because this was a jury trial and Apple's wasn't.
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Two different cases, 2 different juries (OK the Apple one was a bench trial but you get my point) and neither one is binding precedent over the other.
But can Epic appeal then against Apple?
Were I Google I'd be appealling on the grounds Apple got away with it.
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#15So they will take this back to Apple and probably win then? To me this means Epic has unilaterally won. Android was the more open of the two.
We all know from the personal computer how it should be. Apple and Google are on borrowed time.
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#16So does this mean they can go back after Apple and win, using this as precedent?
Google Google appeal using apple's case as precedent?
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Two different cases, 2 different juries (OK the Apple one was a bench trial but you get my point) and neither one is binding precedent over the other.
But can Epic appeal then against Apple?
I imagine Google will appeal, and the whole shebang will be decided by the Supreme Court, applying to everyone.
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#18Didn't Apple effectively win their lawsuit while having an actual monopoly on iPhone app installs? Can someone explain why Google lost despite android having all sorts of way to install apps while bypassing the play store?
I'm guessing it's because this was a jury trial and Apple's wasn't.
Practically I get that but legally I don't get it. Aren't we virtually dealing with the same evidence, arguments and laws?
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#19Didn't Apple effectively win their lawsuit while having an actual monopoly on iPhone app installs? Can someone explain why Google lost despite android having all sorts of way to install apps while bypassing the play store?
From the article:
> But Epic v. Google turned out to be a very different case. It hinged on secret revenue sharing deals between Google, smartphone makers, and big game developers, ones that Google execs internally believed were designed to keep rival app stores down. It showed that Google was running scared of Epic specifically. And it was all decided by a jury, unlike the Apple ruling.
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