Epic Games takes legal battle against Google to Australia

Epic Games is now expanding its legal battle against the app store operators. The Fortnite maker has now filed a lawsuit in Australia alleging Google’s “anti-competitive conduct” breaches the local consumer law, reports TheVerge. The company has also accused Google of breaching Australia’s Competition and Consumer Act of 2010.

“Google gives the illusion of being open by making arguments about the presence of alternative app stores on its platform or allowing direct downloading of apps from third-party providers, but in reality, these situations are so rare that they barely make a dent in the monopoly of the Android OS”, said Epic founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said in a post titled “Australia Free Fortnite”.