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here on your Android and you can get the Epic Games Store and install all you want without going through Play Store. Seems pretty dang open to me. Can't comment on that deal with just Epic's side of the story, we'll see if they win that case or not, that doesn't make Android closed.
I honestly have no idea why Epic caved and wanted to get on the Play Store, I guess it was all prepping for this (stupid) stunt they're pulling right now. They should have just kept marketing their store like they're doing so on PC with all these shady anti competitive practices and slander.
I mean, if Steam had 99.9% of the market share on Windows that wouldn't make Windows a closed platform, it's not even the OS creator's store that's leading, lol, as much slander and mud Epic has thrown its way regardless while employing tactics worse than any it argues against, lol.
Also, plenty manufacturers' phones come with other stores and apps preinstalled so it's pretty damn disingenuous to present that one instance Epic cries about as the norm too. It's shameful really but oh well. We'll see what happens with that case, it's potentially interesting, if true/ish.
I guess it may be just part of their marketing, always some windmills to attack and rile fanboys up as some kind of white knights that spread the word about the hardships of their lord and invite more people in his castle town or whatever, maybe it's been real effective so they keep at it.
I was being sarcastic, that was all completely unrealted bs that certain unnamed people have somehow tried to use to argue in favor of Epic in this case, lol. I guess it wasn't obvious enough because you have seen so many claim that stupid shit for real. Sorry for the confusion mate