The ongoing epic games vs Google Legal War are close to its end and Fortnite maker is emerging as the winner. After winning its court until 2023 and 2024, Epic has now won its latest as the 9th US. Circuit Court APP Appeals denied Google’s appeal to the previous rulings.
This means that now Google will be forced to appear in the third-party app stores publicly within the Play Store and to work freely with the complete with the catalog of the catalog in the next three years.
App developers can set up and use alternative billing systems for applications and subscriptions, bypassing Google’s own payment system and its 30% application tax. In addition, developers will be able to freely link users to download options outside the Play Store.
Google is prohibited from offering any kind of money or permissions to device manufacturers or carriers, so that they should be prevented from pre-installing devices from third-party app stores.
Epic Games CEO Tim Swini confirmed that the Epic Games Store for Android is coming to Google Play as soon as possible.
Google’s Regulatory Affairs Chief, Lee-Annie Mulholand issued a statement following a court decision, and claimed that it would “cause significant damage to user safety” and “undermine Android competitive innovations”. Google is expected to appeal the verdict in the Supreme Court but it will still begin to implement new changes.
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