Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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Google’s Project Hug agreements didn’t keep Samsung from preloading another app store, nor does an RSA 3.0 deal, nor is it being restricted by a Google MADA, nor Unknown Sources, nor did the Project Banyan deal happen, according to an app store comparison chart from Bernheim that Google added big red “X” marks to while we were watching.
He’s Epic’s witness again now, though, and Epic’s lead attorney prompted Bernheim to say that adding those X’s was wrong since Samsung’s Project Hug deal constrains it in other ways — and we’ve seen the Samsung Galaxy Store accounts for so little share of Android downloads (around 1 percent?) that preloading it hasn’t made a huge difference for competition.
I’m SO curious whether the jury thinks Samsung’s Galaxy Store is a good counterexample to some of Epic’s arguments. It’s been a facet of Google’s defense from the beginning.
