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The more I read about this lawsuit the less sense it makes. Apple has an actual monopoly, you can't side-load things, nor have different app stores installed, but that's okay, yet Google where the only downside is that you get a popup saying "apps outside the store might contain malware and are not verified by Google" is on the wrong? Does that mean that Google should close themselves more to be legally right? If it is because iOS also makes the hardware does that mean that this is okay on Pixel phones and that on every other phone the manufacturer will need to remove the warning? This result is honestly very confusing and infuriating, the only platform outside of PC that was in any meaningful way open was the only one that lost, yet iOS, PlayStation and Xbox can continue being monopolies when none of them even allows to install third-party apps.
Different judge?
Experience from the other lawsuit too I guess...
That's one part of the reason: Google seriously angered the judge by deleting possible evidence (Google got in similar trouble in the anti-trust trial in regards to their search engine). Additionally there were emails that showed that Google was very worried about Epic and that they bribed phone manufacturers to not install pre-install a Fortnite launcher (or other app stores) on their phones.
So there was a clear paper trail that showed how Google execs used their control over Android and the Google app store in order to undermine Epic's efforts to circumvent having to pay Google for being included in the app store. That's the main difference in regards to the trial against Apple where the evidence was not that clear-cut.
Meanwhile Apple does the same thing but they don't need to have communications about it because it's just how their ecosystem works 😂