My company is on the edge: Google asked the court not to drag it into the “war” between Apple and Epic Games

When Epic Games decided to go against the injustice of app stores, it added additional methods

payment in both versions of mobile Fortnite - foriOS and Android. As a result, the game disappeared not only from the App Store, but also from Google Play, and both companies received a lawsuit from Epic, but the Internet giant asks not to drag itself into a corporate war.

My company is from the edge

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, whoand is dealing with the Epic and Apple case, decided to involve a third party in the person of Google. However, the owners of Google Play decided not to dive even deeper into this matter, and explained to the judge that they were superfluous there. According to the Internet giant, Apple uses a different ecosystem and policies, so the outcome of the proceedings could lead to “conflicting results.”

“Although Android and iOS compete to attractapplication developers and end users, Google and Apple have different business models, agreements and policies to support competing ecosystems,” the statement reads.

The difference between Android and iOS lies in opennesssystems. At first, Fortnite for the “green robot” was installed through a third-party application, bypassing Google Play, but Epic Games had to add the game to the store due to pressure from the platform owner. In addition, after being removed from the official store, Fortnite can still be downloaded from the Galaxy Store or third-party resources.

Moreover, the Android audience is not so important forEpic Games. According to Sensor Tower. In the 30 days before the lawsuits were filed, iOS gamers spent $43.4 million on Fortnite, while Android gamers spent only $3.3 million.

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