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The allegation that Google prevented OnePlus and LG from preloading the Epic Games launcher onto their devices is a factor in this case that does not apply to E
by commoner 6y ago
The allegation that Google prevented OnePlus and LG from preloading the Epic Games launcher onto their devices is a factor in this case that does not apply to Epic Games v. Apple.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-games-oneplus-deal-google-play-store-lawsuit-lg https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-ga...
If this allegation is true, it's hard to blame Epic for the losses resulting from a decision that Google made.
- jjeaff 6y agoI'm not a lawyer. But that sounds like a textbook example of tortuous interference.
- boulos 6y agoMe neither. But tortious. :).
- nitrogen 6y agoDoes anyone remember if Be ever got any remedy over MS locking BeOS out of OEMs? Obviously the tactic worked as we're not using BeOS, and Apple based macOS on NeXT.
- gorbypark 6y agoBe's IP (or the entire company? I can't remember) was sold to Palm for $11m at the end of Be, Inc's life. Palm actually ended up suing Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour (on the now defunct Be's behalf), and that law suit was settled a few years later for $23m. I don't think Microsoft had to admit any wrong doing, they just paid the money to settle the situation.
- jjeaff 6y agoI think in some cases, we could say it was "tortuous tortious interference".
- Aunche 6y agoThe Epic Games launcher wouldn't just be preinstalled bloatware, it would be bloatware that historically had security vulnerabilities. I don't blame Google for stopping the deal. https://www.cnet.com/news/just-as-critics-feared-fortnite-for-android-came-with-an-epic-security-risk/ https://www.cnet.com/news/just-as-critics-feared-fortnite-fo...
- ThatPlayer 6y agoBut it still shouldn't be Google's choice, but the OEM's.
- Aunche 6y agoIt's partially Google's choice because they have their own deals with OEMs. Google doesn't want its reputation to be tarnished by OEMs making decisions that compromise Android's security. It's one thing if an informed user accepts these risks. It's another if Grandma gets hacked due to an avoidable attack vector.
- nsomaru 6y agoYou must be living in another world. Have you seen the kind of useless uninstallable bloatware that comes on many Android phones? Google let’s all that crap slip but this is a security issue? Nah.
- Aunche 6y agoHow much of the uninstallable bloatware lets you sideload apps?
- pmontra 6y agoThe Samsung Store but we can argue if thats bloatware.
- 2Gkashmiri 6y agoHave you checked a xiaomi or even a realme phone? Those phones have literal cancer as apps and uninstallable shit. Xiaomi even "recommends" apps in their launcher as some sort of light color and clicking just installs them. I have attempted to use adb to remove apps but many apps refuse because rom has locked them down. Besides, why should a phone have ads anyways? Arent users paying for a physical product at once? The same Samsung TV ads bullshit. Besides f-droid, do you know of any store that has respected curated or non curated list of apps?