Will Epic Games stand its battle with Google?

A well-known creator of games, Epic Games has decided to undergo the most difficult campaign. He chose Google as his rival and his alleged illegal restriction on other app stores.

Epic Games and their claims

The whole story actually officially started after Google Epic Games has banned their game Fortnite on Google Play. From that moment on, a wave of Epic allegations started, accusing Google of illegal behavior that has the hallmarks of a monopoly. It goes so far that Epic Games cites as a fundamental problem that Google pays manufacturers to put Google Play pre-installed on their devices as a gateway to install applications. Of course, such conduct is prohibited, both within the European Union and in the United States, where the dispute has erupted.

So far, the biggest problem with Epic Games is the fact that a lot of the data that Google’s behavior is supposed to confirm is only available in hints. These are secure documents that are not yet fully available. And apparently Epic doesn’t have them either. The creator of the games also bases his accusations on the fact that his Fortnite did not even pass through the Samsung Galaxy Store, in which Google was also to be involved. Its confidential relations with Samsung are already the subject of an anti-monopoly investigation. As part of this investigation, Epic is also extracting details to confirm their arguments on Google’s behavior.

One of the main ones is that the Samsung store is to be redesigned and moved to Google Play. Epic Games is still struggling and keeps saying that Google’s Android is not open, as is often claimed. It is fully controlled by Google and, in particular, prevents other applications from entering phones other than through Google Play.

The entire Epic v. Google case will be publicly heard in the U.S. on October 14 this year. Of course, if no solution is found to calm the situation by this time.

And what does Google say? Their argument is already well known and he defends the openness of Android through a speaker:

“Android’s open ecosystem allows developers to distribute applications through multiple application stores. For game developers who choose to use the Play Store, we have consistent policies that are fair to developers and ensure the security of the store for users. Although Fortnite is available for Android, we can no longer make it available on Play because it violates our policies. We will continue to defend against these insignificant claims. “

Interestingly, as soon as a company like Google and similarly large corporations needs to deal with something inconvenient, a magical connection always appears. “violation of our rules “. But what exactly is behind it, perhaps Google itself knows.