US EditionGoogle and Epic Games struck a secretive $800 million deal, 'helping Google market Android'
- Today, in a U.S. federal courtroom, Google and Epic Games presented a proposed settlement and hauled lead negotiators including Tim Sweeney, Sameer Samat, Doug Bernheim, and Lara Kollios to explain it.
- Epic Games filed its suit over five years ago in August 2020, leading to a December 2023 jury victory; an appeals court upheld that verdict and Judge James Donato ordered structural remedies to open Android in the United States.
- Google cautioned the court that rejecting the deal could push app developers into costly Google enrollment programs charging multiple dollars per download, while rival app stores might still face complex fees and Google oversight.
- Judge James Donato told the court he is skeptical about the settlement and the companies' sudden cooperation, while Epic and Google have presented him with two different options.
- If approved, the settlement would change app economics worldwide by cutting fees and easing rival entry, lowering fees globally and creating easier paths for rival stores in the Android ecosystem despite Donato's U.S.-focused remedies.
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der Standard DEBehind the new peace between the two former hunchbacks is apparently a $800 million deal
Epic hypocrisy -- Google gets $800 million in 'Fortnite' antitrust settlement
Forget about Epic's moral high-ground. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Google are looking to settle the Google Play app store antitrust lawsuit, in new partnership deal that sees the "Fortnite" maker pay Google $800 million.Still from Epic Games's parody of Apple's "1984" ad. Epic used this as the start of its campaign against both iOS and Android, aiming to portray itself as the champion of the oppressed, until it was able to reach a beneficial …
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Is this the end of Epic and Google’s feud?
Today, I am sitting in the courtroom that may decide the fate of Android. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is here. Google Android boss Sameer Samat is here. Together, they'll try to convince Judge James Donato that they're no longer enemies - that Google's illegal monopoly on Android app stores can be resolved with a mutual settlement instead of the consequences the judge had ordered. And I'll be posting anything interesting I hear live in this Verge Story…
Epic Vs Google Takes A Wild Turn As Secret $800M Pact Surfaces In Court
A rather interesting development has come out of the Epic Games vs. Google court case. The court has revealed the existence of an $800 million agreement between the two corporations, and they are insisting that the court no longer needs to enforce its ruling since the two have reached a settlement. The original settlement insists that Google
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