Fortnite developer Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Google with “mostly obscured details” about the search giant's alleged anti-competitive practices.
The complaint now includes some new information gleaned from the government antitrust investigation against Google and some other documents that have been produced since the original lawsuit was filed last year. One such document adds further details on how Google maintains a close relationship with Apple, according to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department last year, Google paid between $ 8 and $ 12 billion for default search status on Apple products. .
Epic also included some additional information about Google's alleged anti-competitive conduct on Android, including revenue sharing agreements that prohibited OEM to pre-install alternative app stores on the best Android smartphones. He is also rumored to have attempted to “cancel” Samsung's Galaxy Store to prevent it from emerging as a strong rival. Additionally, the complaint reveals that Epic Games had planned to release Fortnite on Samsung's Galaxy Store, but Google was “determined not to let that happen.”
The news comes just two weeks after a coalition of 37 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Google over its Play Store policies. The lawsuit claims that Google maintains unfair control over the distribution of Android apps and limits consumer choice on the platform by discouraging third-party app stores.
