Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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Google is making Tim Sweeney relive eating humble pie with Samsung.
I got a laugh out of this whole conversation a couple years ago, and Google’s bringing it up again: you can read the original documents at #32 in my cache of the best emails from the Epic v. Apple trial.
The TL;DR: Tim Sweeney promised he wouldn’t give into pressure to put Fortnite on the Play Store, negotiated a special deal with Samsung for 12 percent, then went back on his word — and Samsung wasn’t happy.
Sweeney says Epic still does have a special deal with Samsung, though, to this very day.
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