True, but that’s more about the relationship between Google and phone manufacturers and and carriers. As far as a party like Epic is concerned, it shouldn’t have any relation. As far as epic goes, they’re only affected by the opt in process to install apks, and apps not being allowed to install apps (which I hope has a way more complicated opt in process or malware will be rampant among casual users)
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bleuthoot@lemmy.world 11 months agoFrom some other comment I read, it apparently was due to google paying companies to set Google’a stuff as their default. Something Apple does not (have to) do.
Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Aasikki@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I guess it makes sense that google lost here, but what doesn’t seem to make sense at all, at least for me, is how on earth apple won when on their platform you literally have no other option than to use apples stuff.
abraxas@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
If I had to guess, probably for the same reason you can’t sue for not being able to pick what apps you install on your toaster.
Google probably opened themselves up to this monopoly shit by trying not to be as much of a monopoly as Apple is trying to be.
I’ve heard a lot of lawyers say that the law punishes virtually every good behavior because that behavior can be construed in a way that you can be sued for, and that it favors being a dick more than anything. In this case, that might be what happened?
I mean, not that Google is a saint at all.
Tertle950@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 months ago
That is seventeen flavors of idiotic in one sickly smartphone sundae
Law is hell on earth, and lawyers are devils.
agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lawyers are bad, but I’m starting to think Judges can easily be worse. You get the 'wrong: judge assigned to your case and you’re done. Increasing political polarization in every aspect of life is highlighting how biased these people remain.
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 11 months ago
Yeah it still doesnt feel consistent to me. Apple is a large enough marketshare holder for a handheld computer and doesnt even give you an option to sideload another market place. The explanation doesnt make any more sense because google is more open.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Someone else commented that the Google trial was jury decided, where the Apple trial was (assumingly) not.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Exactly