Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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“Was Google trying to bribe Epic by offering this deal?”
“Of course not,” answers Kochikar.
Google lawyer Chiu is now coming around to addressing the $147M Google offered Epic to launch Fortnite on the Play Store. Instead of tackling the $147M head-on, though, we’re redefining “contagion.”
“It means someone would make a decision that Play is not attractive,” says Kochikar. “It means we don’t meet our goal in keeping devices in the hands of people.”
Chiu points out that Epic skipped one slide: under the “strategic value” of the deal, there’s no mention of contagion. The first “strategic value” to Google is improving the perception of YouTube Live among gamers.
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