Google’s CEO is about to drop into the Fortnite trial
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#6GC4V)
Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty Images We have spent five days in a San Francisco courtroom watching witness after witness in the Epic v. Google trial. We've heard a lot about Google's app store dealings, mostly from people who aren't widely known to outsiders. But today, November 14th, we're expecting to hear from Google CEO Sundar Pichai as he defends Google's Android empire against antitrust claims from the publisher of megahit game Fortnite.
Precisely 1,188 days ago, Epic sprung a legal trap and accused both Apple and Google of creating illegal monopolies with their respective app stores. It's a fight that could shape the future of the Play Store, particularly if Epic gets its way.
I'll be bringing you Pichai's testimony live from the courtroom right here. Before it...