Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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    Epic never sued for monetary damages; it wants the court to tell Google that every app developer has total freedom to introduce its own app stores and its own billing systems on Android

    This seems like a poor choice instead of monetary damages. I have the Epic Games Launcher free game downloader for games I forget I own. I’m very unlikely to start using Epic’s services over Google’s.

    I’d have taken the money and run

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      I think their goal is to let people buy in game currency for fortnight without the play store cut.

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        Ah ok that’s def a good move for them then. That would probably be more than any payout, long-term.

        Hadn’t considered it.

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      I’d have taken the money and run

      That would have been penny wise, and pound foolish.

      Sometimes it’s okay to swing for the fences, even if you end up missing, it’s usually worth the try.