Epic Games’ Sweeney Takes Aim at Android’s ‘Fake Open Platform’
- Fortnite maker’s CEO testifies at high-stakes antitrust trial
- Google has denied abusing power in app distribution market
Tim Sweeney.
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Epic Games Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney testified that Google’s Android operating system is a “fake open platform” in a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit over claims that the technology giant thwarts app market competition.
Sweeney, who founded the company that makes the blockbuster Fortnite, took the witness stand Monday in San Francisco federal court to reinforce his claims that Google Play policies are unlawful and allow Alphabet Inc. to maintain a monopoly in the Android mobile-app distribution market.