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Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial (fortune.com)

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Google is ‘crooked’ and a bully, CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games testifies in Play Store trial::Epic alleges that Google has been engaged in illegal price-gouging by collecting commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app digital transactions.

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[-] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

Ellaborate pls?

[-] sederx@programming.dev -2 points 11 months ago

Let's see, popularised always online drm, loot boxes, gambling in video games, supported money laundering, established the 30% cut and more.

Unironically all that is wrong with modern gaming.

And hey, epic sucks ass but they haven't damaged the gaming industry as much as steam, not even close.

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