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Epic Games vs. Google antitrust trial gets under way
07.11.2023 - 23:23 / venturebeat.com
Another big tech antitrust trial gets under way today as Epic Games squares off against Google over control of the app stores.
Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Google as well as Apple for antitrust violations in 2020. Epic mostly lost the Apple antitrust lawsuit and has an appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the Epic Games vs. Google trial gets under way today in federal court in San Francisco.
Epic Games alleges that Google has monopolized the Android app distribution market by engaging in side deals that have benefited the Google Play store and lessened competition in gaming. Epic Games wants the courts to for Google (and parent Alphabet) to allow alternative payment and app distribution on the Google Play store itself. In other words, Epic Games wants either a store within the store or the right to advertise that it has its own Epic Games Store from within its games on Google Play. Google has said it isn’t guilty of antitrust violations.
“Android has made phones more affordable, provided consumers with more options, and enabled developers to thrive,” said Google vice president Wilson White, in a blog post. “Epic Games has fought a global, years-long campaign to up-end this system all in the hope of getting something for nothing. They have already sued Apple and lost twice. Next week they are trying their luck with Android by bringing a case that has even less merit given the flexibility and choices Android offers.”
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Last week, Google settled a similar antitrust lawsuit filed by Match Group, which will get a $40 million payment from Google, and Google also settled with state attorneys general as well. That left Epic Games as the sole litigant against Google. Rather than seek monetary compensation, Epic Games wants the courts to order Google Play to rectify policies regarding Google Play, which current blocks third-party payment options. Epic Games says that is bad for consumers, whom antitrust law protects.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Epic isn’t privy to the secret settlement terms Google is offering the States, but I’m worried Google may be dealing in bad faith: offering to end their monopoly payment tie, then circumventing the settlement and re-imposing the tie with new taxes on third-party payments. https://t.co/myC5aNGQlPEpic Gams said that Google revenue-sharing and licensing agreements with phone makes are the main problem, as this insures pre-installation of Google Play on smartphones and tablets. And Epic Games alleges that Google prohibited the phone
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