Skimming through the Epic proposal the points seem far more reasonable than this blog post would make them seem.
The most questionable point for me seems to be the following:
> For a period of six (6) years, Google shall provide Third-Party App Stores access to the Google Play Store app catalog.
As a developer, if I published my app on one platform it seems weird that it would show up on other platforms without me having opted in or agreed to anything.
From the Google blog post:
> We’ve implemented important protections to ensure users are still protected while enjoying choice in apps. However, Epic’s proposal would force Google to remove them — severely curtailing our ability to protect users from potentially malicious apps.
I don't understand why Google would no longer be able to provide this as a service. Heck, if they open it up maybe other companies would try to compete and offer alternatives?
> But Epic wants to entirely restrict Google’s ability to offer any financial incentives to developers to distribute their apps in the Play store, even on a non-exclusive and app-by-app basis.
This point really rubs me the wrong way because I hate platform / paid exclusives. Maybe it's better for the developer's pocket, but as a user platform exclusivity is usually a bad thing. It's also a bit funny to see Epic requesting this when they've made paid so much for platform exclusives on PC.