> How exactly would Epic ship this open platform when Google and Apple expressly control what apps run and do not? By sidestepping Google's Play Store and enco

> How exactly would Epic ship this open platform when Google and Apple expressly control what apps run and do not? By sidestepping Google's Play Store and encouraging sideloading (whether by directly downloading a game's .apk or by pushing an alternative app store like what Amazon and F-Droid do), for one. That is: any Android ROM that allows sideloading (which, last I checked, is most of them) is already that "open platform" (in the Windows sense of not restricting what software runs on it, rather than the free software sense).