Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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Epic: “Fragmentation just means competition.”
Epic’s lead attorney is striking through Google’s “justifications” one by one for its alleged monopoly power over Android: “Apple”, “Fragmentation”, and “Security.”
He claims that fragmentation is no longer a justification because Android was “already the monopoly operating system in smartphones” by the time Google signed its most aggressive deals with OEMs and developers in 2018, 2019, and 2020. I’m not sure I agree, but it’s an interesting thought.
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