Epic CEO Tim Sweeney calls Android a “fake open platform”

During Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, took the witness stand in the federal courthouse, testifying in the legal battle.

Sweeney says that the Android operating system is a “fake open platform.” He reinforced his claims that Play Store’s policies are illegal and enable Alphabet to have a monopoly in the Android mobile app distribution market.

The lawsuit began in 2020 when Epic bypassed Android and bypassed the Google Play billing system, which had been taking a 30% cut on app developers’ revenue, and then Google took down Fortnite. Sweeney said that they wanted to avoid the system and do business directly with their customers.