Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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“You just went to a website and used it.”
It seems Epic is trying to draw a difficult link between 1) Google not having a scary “Unknown Sources” install flow for its Chrome Web Store — and offering a low 5 percent fee — and 2) what’s happening with Android sideloading.
“This is apples and oranges, right?” says Pichai. “There was no downloading of a web application; you would just go to the site and use it.” This is basically true: web apps are a thing.
We’re watching an ancient video of young Pichai announcing that web store’s payments functionality. (He used to be in charge of Chrome, before he rose up the ranks.)
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