CEO of Fortnite game maker casts Google as a 'crooked' bully in testimony during Android app trial
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Published - Nov 20, 2023, 08:03 PM ET
Last Updated - Nov 20, 2023, 08:03 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.
His portrayal came in testimony in an antitrust trial focused on Epic Games' attempt to upend Google's store for Android phone apps.
Sweeney's more than two-hour stint on the witness stand in San Francisco came less than a week after Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended before the 10-member jury the way his company runs its Play Store for Android apps. It's one of two antitrust cases against Google, whose tech empire valued at $1.7 trillion is being threatened by legal attacks seeking to break it up.