ReallyKinda, 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, 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, Indie devs do already get a bit of a break by only paying 15%.
abhibeckert, 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, 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.
dohpaz42, The judge sounds like he no longer wants to sit on the case and is trying to end it, asap, any way he can.
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