Re:Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
by madeofpalk on Monday December 11, 2023 @08:56PM
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No, Google shouldn’t have given Riot Games $10m in marketing to prevent launching a competing android store, or give OEMs 20% cut of Play revenue to prevent them from bundling competing stores. Or cut a special deal with Spotify where it pays 0% while still using Play Store billing.
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Re:Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
by scarface_74 on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:02PM
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You mean just like Epic got special marketing deals from console manufacturers?
Re:Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
by madeofpalk on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:15PM
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Right - a co-marketing deal isn’t the illegal thing. It’s the "limiting competition" part that gets them in trouble. This case was entirely about figuring out when a ‘good business deal’ becomes anti-competitive. This is also playing out now with Google paying Apple for default search engine.
If it was revealed that Sony gave Epic a special marketing deal to prevent Epic from launching a console, then yeah that would be pretty dodgy!
Re:Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
by Dylan16807 on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:18PM
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Epic shouldn't get special pricing either. Even Epic will say that.