Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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In 2017, Apple’s Carson Oliver forwarded an email about this Google Play feature as described in this Verge story: “Google now lets apps display sale prices in the Play Store”.
“We should have done this two years ago,” said Oliver.
“Even today, 7 years later, Apple still has not implemented this feature int he Apple App Store, has it?” asks Epic’s attorney. Oliver starts to say no, because it has to do with paid apps (and presumably is no longer needed to compete with Google as free-to-play apps are the norm), but gets cut off. He says no, Apple has not.
In 2018, Apple also internally forwarded this Android Police story about how “Google Play Store shows you the streaming apps that have the movie or show you’re searching for.”
Apple’s Matt Fischer, head of the App Store, wrote, “I’ve always wanted the ability to search for content within apps (specific movies, music, etc. ) and show the relevant search results.”
