The problem with Epic's case is that they don't care about freedom or opening up Android itself. They want to open up Google Play so they don't need to put effort into writing their own app store.

Epic Games for Android could've been a thing for years now. Android has native APIs for things like auto updates from trusted sources since what, Android 11? That used to be the big problem with stores like F-Droid.

These megacorps only care about themselves. The fact they're settling rather than waiting for an actual judgement that would apply to everyone else is a clear sign of that.

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ac29 2 days ago | parent [-]

> They want to open up Google Play so they don't need to put effort into writing their own app store.

They already have an Android app store: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/mobile/android

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jeroenhd 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yet their demands are almost entirely about limiting restrictions imposed by Google Play. There is a paragraph about not doing anticompetitive shit like banning partners from installing other stores (antitrust by settlement, what a world), but nearly all of the rest of the document is about making sure they don't need to pay with Google's payment processor or that the rates are lowered to a decent percentage.

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like_any_other a day ago | parent [-]

> Yet their demands are almost entirely about limiting restrictions imposed by Google Play.

Because most people only ever use the Google Play store. Epic can invest all the effort they want into their own store, but that won't help if the audience is elsewhere. You are basically making the "just build your own Twitter/Facebook" argument - it's about the audience, not the technology.

	▲	falcor84 a day ago \| parent [-]
		> it's about the audience, not the technology. My take is that the biggest feature of the Play store and Steam is their collection and moderation of user reviews at scale - it is this that Epic are unable or unwilling to take on.