Reminder: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has defended child pornography, saying that stopping it is “gatekeeping”.
Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%
Submitted 1 day ago by Picasso@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world
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db2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
His position was essentially:
- AI systems sometimes produce harmful or illegal content despite safeguards.
- Governments shouldn’t use that as a reason to pressure platform gatekeepers to remove an entire service.
Important distinctions:
- He said he defends open platforms and free speech.
- He explicitly said he does not defend the harmful content itself.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All mega corps are shit and run by assholes.
Except Costco. For now at least.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
As someone who just tried to sign up for a Costco membership online and couldn’t get past the first page of registration, on multiple devices, Costco is kinda shit too, lol.
Makhno@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thanks, John Google.
null@lemmy.org 1 day ago
It wasn’t so much he was defending child pornography as he was saying leftists wanted to selectively take down a right-wing social media platform that right-wingers already successfully took from leftists and replaced with X.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Right wingers? You mean a nazi? A nazi took twitter that was traditionally not a political platform. It was not left wing. Google says a study showed that it was algorithmicly right leaning in terms of content.
Your comment is a load of bollocks.
Sorry to say.
db2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s definitely an opinion. A wrong one, but an opinion.
Programman4233@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t this be used as a precedent for other app makers that are screwed over by google’s monopoly?
Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
If I’m reading the article correctly it’s dropping for all app developers. Not just Epic.
ryper@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
So after all that, Epic just got the commission cut by 1/3? Wonder how long it’ll take their savings to equal what they spent on legal fees and the revenue they missed while Fortnite wasn’t on the Play Store.
EonNShadow@pawb.social 1 day ago
Alright so
Line must go up, so where are they going to recoup that loss of revenue?
Hominine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I suspect it’ll be ignored like so much else in this hysterical market. The question is how can they spin the new metrics; creative reporting abounds.
Ltcpanic@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Interesting differences in the apple case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple
Picasso@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
they talk about alternative stores as well but fail to do a great reporting on the issue … a alternative appstore that need’s google approve it’s simply not a real alternative.
From keepandroidopen.org In August 2025, Google announced ↗ that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:
dan1101@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good news is GrapheneOS is planned to be available on Motorola phones. Probably time to leave Google and Microsoft behind.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Ever since Samsung locked my bootloader in a surreptitious update, I’m eager to jump ship.
DeepSeaString@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Have they figured out how to fix the banking app issue?
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
NGL I was excited to hear the news of official GrapheneOS devices coming, hopefully they won’t just be their flagship devices but the whole product stack.