Victory Royale.

Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    11 months ago

    No I think Google tried to tell Epic they couldn’t have their own processing for in-app purchases. That’s what Epic sued over.

    • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      11 months ago

      There are multiple entities with their own payment processing mechanisms running on Android. Epic was definitely able to run their own if they wanted to.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
        52·
        11 months ago

        Many of them are either exceptions made by Google through shady deals or apps that were overlooked by Google before they published the app.

        • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          That’s exactly what sunk Google’s case though. They’re inconsistent. Had they most likely shown they’re consistent to other apps they could have been more likely to get a jury on their side (like in the case with Apple).

      • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        Google and Apple both banned Fortnite from their respective app stores and that’s what caused Epic to sue both of them in the first place.

        • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Well, Epic instigated them to ban the app so they could claim the ban as a tort under competition law.

        • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
          22·
          11 months ago

          It’s more that Epic added their own payment system to the app (and offered, IIRC, a roughly 30% decrease in Vbucks price for people who opted to use it instead), Google and Apple both responded by removing the app, and then Epic sued them both and even aired a special presentation in Fortnite. All in the same day. Epic intentionally did this.