When Fortnite video game creator Epic Games sued Google in 2020 over the monopoly held by its official Google Play Android app store, its allegations that the company was unfairly restricting competition immediately resonated with developer Hans-Christoph Steiner. Like Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, and a few other tech companies, he oversees a rival app marketplace that has struggled to win users. If Epic beats Google at the trial scheduled to begin tomorrow in San Francisco, Google may be forced to make it easier for people to source apps from Steiner’s store and
→ Continue reading at WIRED
