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How Epic Games lost antitrust case against Apple, but won against Google | Explained
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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How Epic Games lost antitrust case against Apple, but won against Google | Explained

[ad_1] Epic Games came out victorious in the monumental legal battle against Google over the company's monopoly over the Android app marketplace and alleged the company used off-handed tactics to keep its control over the space thereby denying a fair chance for others to participate in the business on an equal footing. The San Francisco jury on Monday, December 11 unanimously delivered the decision in the Google antitrust case, deciding Google's tie between the Google Play app store and its Google Play Billing payment services was illegal, and Project Hug deals with game developers and OEMs, which dictated the distribution agreement were all noncompetitive. Now, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has given an interview explaining the details of the lawsuit and the main reason why the company lost aga...
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What CEO Tim Sweeney said after Epic Games’ shocking win over Google in anti-trust lawsuit
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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What CEO Tim Sweeney said after Epic Games’ shocking win over Google in anti-trust lawsuit

[ad_1] In a legal showdown that had captivated the tech world because of its massive global ramifications, Epic Games, the powerhouse behind Fortnite, has emerged victorious in its antitrust battle against Google over its Play Store policies. The jury's decision, announced on Monday, found Google guilty of violating antitrust laws, marking a significant milestone in Epic's quest for fair competition in the app store landscape. Epic Games' CEO, Tim Sweeney, shared insights into the contrasting outcomes of the company's legal tussles with both Apple and Google in an interview with CNBC. Sweeney attributed the victory against Google to the revelation, especially of deleted records which made the jury deliver its decisive verdict.According to Sweeney, the alleged deletion of crucial records...
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Google’s Epic Legal Defeat Threatens $200 Billion App Store Industry
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google’s Epic Legal Defeat Threatens $200 Billion App Store Industry

[ad_1] Google's legal defeat at the hands of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple Inc. that generates close to $200 billion a year and dictates how billions of consumers use mobile devices. The loss — handed down by a San Francisco jury on Monday — is a blow to the two companies' business model in apps, where they charge commissions of as much as 30% to software developers who typically have few other options. Epic has spent years railing against the practice and got a federal jury to agree that Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit had acted unfairly as a monopoly. The case is likely to accelerate the weakening of app store rules, which have already come under fire from regulators and lawmakers around the world.  “The dominoes are going to start fallin...
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Google struck a secret deal with Spotify to let it avoid paying any Play Store fees
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Google struck a secret deal with Spotify to let it avoid paying any Play Store fees

[ad_1] The Google antitrust trial, to determine whether or not the company's Android marketplace, Google Play Store, has put in place monopolistic policies to keep competition out and impact any app's distribution that does not want to be placed in its marketplace due to its high commission fee, is still ongoing. On its ninth day, when Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney also gave his testimony, Google's own representatives also made a shocking revelation where it was found that Spotify gets preferential treatment from Google and does not pay any commission fee for the transactions that take place directly on the platform's end.As per a report by The Verge, Google's head of global partnerships Don Harrison revealed the shocking information and said Spotify pays “zero percent if they process thei...
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10 things to know from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney’s testimony at the Google antitrust trial
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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10 things to know from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney’s testimony at the Google antitrust trial

[ad_1] The Google antitrust lawsuit, based on filings by Fortnite publisher Epic Games has completed nine days, and in this time we have seen some big revelations being made. Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company pays Apple up to 18 billion dollars a year for the default iPhone search position, and Google's partnerships boss Don Harrison said that Spotify pays zero percent when users decide to use Spotify's payment system, and between 6 to 10 percent when it is made through Google's channels. On day nine, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney was sworn in for testimony. These were the ten big revelations to come from it. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney testifies in Google antitrust lawsuit1. Highlighting his background, Sweeney says, “I built the very first version of the Unreal Engine myself between ...
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Google Play’s ‘Bribe and Block’ Tactic Hurt Rivals, Epic Says
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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Google Play’s ‘Bribe and Block’ Tactic Hurt Rivals, Epic Says

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc. used a “bribe and block” strategy to thwart competition against its Google Play app marketplace, hurting developers and raising prices for consumers, Epic Games Inc. said as it began its courtroom battle with the technology giant.Epic, which makes the popular Fortnite game, is looking to upend Google Play policies in an antitrust trial over whether Google has monopolized the Android app distribution and payment market. The case threatens billions of dollars in revenue generated by the store. At opening statements on Monday, Epic's attorney Gary Bornstein told jurors that Google pays off competitors, including those who want to set up their own app stores to directly deal with users, and blocks them from competing with its own marketplace and payment system. Google's...
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Elon Musk Says Pay More For Twitter If You Have An iPhone! Why Fight vs Apple Is Worth It
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Says Pay More For Twitter If You Have An iPhone! Why Fight vs Apple Is Worth It

[ad_1] Twitter Inc.'s first tweet under the ownership of the world's richest man was the announcement of a widely anticipated upgrade to its subscription feature. It was also a shot across the bow of the planet's biggest company, marking a possible showdown that could end up bringing much-needed change to the mobile app industry. Twitter Blue will relaunch Monday with a handful of features that Elon Musk and his team are betting will justify the monthly fee: A blue checkmark, longer videos, higher visibility, and an edit button. More importantly, though, Twitter announced two prices for the same service: $8 per month if you subscribe on its website, but $11 if users choose to sign up via Apple Inc.'s iOS platform. That 37.5% markup is a not-so-gentle dig at Apple's 30% cut of the su...
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