Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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Why I think Google is keen on Tucker’s market definition:
I went back to check last night, and sure enough: back when Epic lost its first fight against Apple in that separate and earlier case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed out that loss / victory based on her own chosen market definition of “digital mobile gaming transactions.”
In a vacuum, that sounds pretty similar to Tucker’s definition of “facilitation of digital content transactions” — except for Google, it’s even better! Because it’s not limited to mobile, Tucker can point out that Android also competes with other gaming platforms like PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo, all of which have rigid 30 percent fees.
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