Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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We’re looking at Gennai’s big document again, the one Judge Donato said would magically change, and I’m pleased to say I have now copied down a huge chunk in full for your reading pleasure.
Epic’s lawyer is asking a variety of questions about various passages, but the most compelling ones were these:
Was “contagion” the driver behind Project Hug?
“Yes, we did not want the loss of titles from Google Play to start a chain reaction of more and more titles on Google Play leaving.”
Was Google worried about losing them to other competing app distribution mechanisms on Android?
“They could just leave Android entirely and keep focusing on iOS.”
Would a developer like Activision Blizzard King just up and abandon Android’s billions of users?
“They can use it as a threat. We didn’t see it,” says Gennai.
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