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

Hmm, what do you mean it will likely be decided by the Supreme Court? The difference between this and the Apple case?

Is it because they own the phone and OS too?

Partially; it’s also because they don’t have secret revenue sharing deals with hardware manufacturers.

Doesn't that mean entirely? apple makes the hardware too

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

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

Yeah, Apple is even more restrictive and monopolistic, which somehow means they're in the clear.