Comment on Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week agoThis judge actually fully understand how companies abuse two sided marketplaces and is thus forcing Google to open up both sides of the market place 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.
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.
scintilla@beehaw.org 1 week ago
That’s actually fucking crazy for an american judge. Hope it actually happens.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Yeah, it would not surprise me if the Supreme Court blocked it for being too reasonable.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I’m hoping that supreme court is too tech deaf to even understand the implications this has on corps, and so that they don’t take this ruling back