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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games is battling Google in court over app-store fees 2 years after largely losing a similar case against Apple (www.businessinsider.com)

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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games is battling Google in court over app-store fees 2 years after largely losing a similar case against Apple::Epic Games is taking aim at the commissions that Google charges on digital purchases made within a mobile app.

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[-] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Have they exhausted the appeals on the original case? Cus now they're up against precedent which they themselves established.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 1 year ago

No, they're appealing. That's not settled. And fuck Epic, but this practice has to end. Luckily the EU is finally doing that. And I hope it will go to consoles as well.

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