US EditionGoogle proposes app store reforms in settlement with ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
The settlement aims to reduce Play Store fees to as low as 9%, allow alternative payment methods, and enable easier third-party store installations, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Alphabet's Google and Epic Games jointly filed a proposed settlement in federal court in San Francisco asking U.S. District Judge James Donato to approve modifications to his injunction.
- Epic Games sued Alphabet's Google in 2020 after Fortnite was removed, leading to a 2023 jury verdict and a 2024 injunction mandating Play Store reforms that Google unsuccessfully appealed.
- The proposal creates a Registered App Store program that lets developers direct users to alternative payments and caps service fees at 9% or 20% for apps using these options.
- If approved, the settlement could end a prominent antitrust case and preserve Donato's 2024 limits on exclusivity payments while resolving remaining litigation, Google said.
- Epic CEO Tim Sweeney hailed the proposal as `awesome` and supporters say it would transform Android into a more open environment, with a hearing scheduled for Thursday and filings expected soon.
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Google and Epic Games have jointly filed a settlement proposal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking to end a five-year antitrust battle that reshaped the Android ecosystem. The document, submitted to Judge James Donato in San Francisco, requests approval of a revised injunction that largely preserves the sweeping remedies […] The post Google Reaches a Deal to End Its Long Court Battle Over Its App Store app…
Google and Epic Games reach settlement in long-running Play Store antitrust case
The deal follows years of litigation that began in 2020, when Epic sued Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in Android app distribution through the Play Store and its mandatory in-app billing system. Epic argued that Google's policies stifled competition and inflated costs for developers.Read Entire Article
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