Epic asks courtroom to cease Google from yanking Bandcamp off Play Retailer


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Epic Video games has filed a movement for a preliminary injunction to cease Google from eradicating unbiased music storefront Bandcamp from the Android app retailer — which Google has apparently threatened to do as a result of Bandcamp is utilizing its personal billing system as an alternative of paying Google an app retailer payment.

Bandcamp, which Epic acquired in March, has used its personal billing system on Android since 2015, and was in a position to take action due to guidelines exempting digital music from having to make use of Google’s billing system, based on a weblog put up from Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond. “Nevertheless, Google is now modifying its guidelines to require Bandcamp (and different apps prefer it) to completely use Google Play Billing for funds for digital items and providers, and pay…

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