Anti-Trust in Video Games

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Anti-Trust in Video Games Anonymous 2023-12-14 (Thu) 21:15:31 No.12080

Looks like people are finally getting a little sick of monopolists' bullshit. A California court just ruled in Epic Games v. Google that Google has engaged in a variety of anti-competitive behaviors with their smartphone app store. This all came to a head when Google removed Fortnite from their store because Epic Games tried to make their own independent revenue without Google's approval through in-game microtransactions.

Setting aside that smartphones are trash game machines and this lawsuit is basically one scumbag company vs another scumbag company, are we about to see a turning point in what electronic stores are allowed to do to their customers?

Anonymous 2023-12-14 (Thu) 21:16:25 No.12081

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Is Valve next?

Anonymous 2023-12-14 (Thu) 21:27:05 No.12082

>>12081
>>12080
>implying the US government would ever properly regulate big tech

Anonymous 2023-12-14 (Thu) 21:37:25 No.12083

>>12082
Funny enough, this ruling came from a jury in San Francisco, the Belly of the Beast.

Anonymous 2023-12-14 (Thu) 22:36:19 No.12084

> A California court just ruled in Epic Games v. Google that Google has engaged in a variety of anti-competitive behaviors with their smartphone app store.
Keep in mind that Epic games lost a virtually identical legal battle against Apple.

>are we about to see a turning point in what electronic stores are allowed to do to their customers?
One way of looking at this situation is that Google got punished for having a slightly more open Eco-system than Apple. So at the moment it looks more like we can expect more apple-type walled gardern shit.

Of course Apple might get forced to tear down that wall. There was an EU ruling that requires Apple to allow third-party app stores. That'll be a few years until this goes into effect, so i guess we have to wait and see.

ATM you have to install a custom Rom or learn how to use a Linux phone if you don't want to get fucked over.

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