The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple
www.theguardian.com
The Fortnite maker filed antitrust suits against both tech companies – while one emerged victorious, the other was found at fault on 11 claims

“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public imagination. So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t?”

  • Moltz@lemm.eeEnglish
    5944·
    11 months ago

    Google claimed to be open but ran backroom deals to ensure low competition. In doing so it proved its weight in the industry could squash competition, proving its monopoly, which is illegal.

    Apple never made claims it was open.

    As simple as. Toss in one case was decided by a jury, and the other a judge, and you’ll quickly see neither are related.

    Basically your question was nonsense from the jump, and pushed by blogs and the like to get idiots to click. Had you read the news, you’d get it. By why read when others will explain it for ya.

    • SolivineEnglish
      633·
      11 months ago

      Your explanation is right, but the last sentence makes you insufferable

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      426·
      11 months ago

      hello fellow lemming,

      i’m sharing an article that i thought is interesting, on a related community.

      i quoted a paragraph from the article, i am not asking a question.

      sharing an article won’t even necessarily mean that i agree with it.

      only those who care about “clicks” blame others for doing things for clicks. I don’t give a damn about clicks.

      what the fuck is wrong with you?!

    • chepoxEnglish
      19·
      11 months ago

      This is a discussion forum. Sometimes an obvious question sparks conversation well beyond the original topic. But someone needs to ask the question first. You don’t have to be rude. Just scroll right past.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      11 months ago

      Apple never made claims it was open.

      As simple as.

      Sundar Pichai: “All right, fellas, let’s comply with the court riling and raise the walls. No more eco system for anyone any longer.”

      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I mean, Google can sure try lol. Pixels make up like 1% of market share. If they cut off Android from everyone else, they would fall completely out in no time.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Sundar Pichai: “Reach out to Samsung. Tell them either we and them enter an exclusive deal for a locked down Android or we all go down together. Kill the Pixel line. Killing our own products is what we do best anyway."

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      It’s also worth noting that Apple was never proven to not be a monopoly, only that Epic couldn’t provide enough evidence to prove that they were. US courts never prove innocence, only guilt.

      Google simply could have been worse that Apple at hiding what they were doing, making it easier to find evidence. Or perhaps Epic’s prior failure to provide evidence in the Apple case may have helped prepare them with what to look for this time for the Google one.

      Edit: Not to mention that the Google case was decided by a jury, whereas the Apple case was decided through a ruling by a judge, which adds another layer of difference between them.

    • Margot Robbie@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      152·
      11 months ago

      I would like to ask you to please not be so condescending, as it is against Rule 5 here. Thank you.

    • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      By why read when others will explain it for ya.

      Isn’t that also what reading the news is???