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Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

#21

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Epic lost to Apple, including on appeal. This will likely be decided by the Supreme Court.

Things can still change, but strong headwinds.

It's absolutely untenable for there to be a law that applies to one company but not a competitor doing an identical thing.

Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

#22
I wonder what the remedies will be -- sideloading is already allowed, so allowing third party in-app billing? That seems to be the actual thing the juries said -- that Google used their dominant position to do anticompetitive things, among which is taking their 30% cut on everything.

Hope that this happens to Apple eventually too.

Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

#23
For anyone curious why Google lost:

>Epic v. Google [...] 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.

Without finding the same thing in Apple, I doubt this will affect Apple's case much, but of course I should mention I'm not a lawyer; I'm perfectly happy to be schooled if someone more knowledgeable comes along!

Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

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post #18

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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?

Yeah - but give the same case to 10 different juries, and you'll get different decisions.

Probably will get at least one outlier with different 10 judges, too.

Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

#26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things can still change, but strong headwinds.

It's absolutely untenable for there to be a law that applies to one company but not a competitor doing an identical thing.

that’s true

the facts are different between apple and google

Re: Epic vs. Google: Google Loses

#28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things can still change, but strong headwinds.

It's absolutely untenable for there to be a law that applies to one company but not a competitor doing an identical thing.

Maybe it's not an identical thing when you get into the details.
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