What is Google trying to hide in its deal with Spotify?

dohpaz42, 7 months ago

The judge sounds like he no longer wants to sit on the case and is trying to end it, asap, any way he can.

ReallyKinda, 7 months ago

Judge to Epic: So if google extended the same deal to you would you be down?
Epic: No, it’s anticompetitive
Judge: But if you’re getting the same deal deal as spotify it’s fair…
Epic: No, it’s anticompetitive

long_chicken_boat, 7 months ago

If indie devs, for example, aren’t getting the same deal, it sounds anticompetitive to me.

(I’m no Epic fan, just a random thought)

raptir, 7 months ago

Indie devs do already get a bit of a break by only paying 15%.

abhibeckert, 7 months ago

Judge: But if you’re getting the same deal deal as spotify it’s fair…

The judge sounds like an idiot. Just because someone agreed to a deal doesn’t mean it’s a fair deal. Millions of developers have agreed to Google’s terms… and millions more have not agreed to them (I’m a developer, none of my apps are on the Play store for example, in part because I don’t like the terms).

ReallyKinda, 7 months ago

I agree it’s a bizarre take—they’re a judge, not a settlement lawyer! You’d think a judge’s training would be to consider the general implications of the problem being brought to them given that that’s kinda their job.