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Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

This would benefit both mobile developers and users, Epic argued in a wide-sweeping proposal that would greatly limit Google's control over the Android app ecosystem.

US District Court Judge James Donato will ultimately decide the terms of the injunction.

"Google must also allow developers to communicate directly with their consumers, including linking from their app to a website to make purchases and get deals," Epic said in a blog post.

"Google would be blocked from using sham compliance programs like User Choice Billing to prevent competing payment options inside an app or on a developer’s website."

If Donato accepts the terms, Google would be violating the injunction order if the tech giant fails to prove that it is not "treating Epic differently than other developers" by making it "disproportionately difficult or costly" for Epic to develop, update, and market its apps on Android.

According to Inc, Epic told Game Developers Conference attendees that its app-distribution platform will be the "first ever game-focused, multiplatform store," working across "Android, iOS, PC and macOS."

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