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Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same (www.theverge.com)

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 40 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If you were OOTL and confused af, here is a paragraph that makes it easier to understand:

The consequences of the full permanent injunction would stretch far beyond Epic’s own store and its game Fortnite. They would force Google to effectively open up its app store to competition for three whole years. Google would have to distribute other rival app stores within the Google Play store, too, give rivals access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, and it would be banned from a variety of anticompetitive practices including a requirement that apps use Google Play Billing. You can read a summary of the details here.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

This judge actually fully understand how companies abuse two sided marketplaces and is thus forcing Google to open up both sides of the marketplace to competition. Both forcing Google to host new app stores inside the Play store so that they're visible to consumers, and forcing Google to allow those app stores to distribute the Google Play apps so that the app stores aren't crippled by a lack of developers.

This is a way way way bigger win than I could ever have hoped for.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, remember how big of a stink Internet Explorer on Windows was in the 90s? Imagine if Internet Explorer blocked you from downloading other browsers. That's basically what Google Play Store has been doing. Why it's taken this long to get fixed is beyond me, but I'm glad it's happening.

Hits the griddy with Thanos or something, idk, I don't play Fortnite.

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