{"id":230747,"date":"2026-04-03T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/epic-vs-google-how-the-game-and-app-market-on-android-might-change-following-tim-sweeneys-crusade\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:55:12","slug":"epic-vs-google-how-the-game-and-app-market-on-android-might-change-following-tim-sweeneys-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/epic-vs-google-how-the-game-and-app-market-on-android-might-change-following-tim-sweeneys-crusade\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic vs Google: How the Game and App Market on Android Might Change Following Tim Sweeney&#8217;s Crusade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wnhub.io\/news\/analytics\/item-50497\">Epic vs Google: How the Game and App Market on Android Might Change Following Tim Sweeney&#8217;s Crusade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wnhub.io\/news\/analytics\/item-50497\">https:\/\/wnhub.io\/news\/analytics\/item-50497<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-03 10:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"wnhub.io\">wnhub.io<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The long-standing dispute between Epic Games and Google is nearing its conclusion. We have reviewed the latest legal documents and prepared a detailed analysis of the main changes affecting both the Play Store and the creators of Fortnite.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered in today&#8217;s article include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the new &#8220;Registered App Stores&#8221; system: how it will work and what the main criteria are;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">how the Play Store&#8217;s commission system has changed: new criteria and thresholds;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">introduction of special programs for games and apps: how developers can reduce commissions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the $800 million deal between Google and Epic Games: who pays whom and the essence of the collaboration;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">prohibition on antitrust activity regarding Google and its practices in the app market.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wnhub.io\/news\/analytics\/item-50497\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic vs Google: How the Game and App Market on Android Might Change Following Tim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/app2top.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/epic-google-fortnite-2026-1200x630.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-230747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230749,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230747\/revisions\/230749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}