Epic vs Google: The Never-Ending App Store Tug-of-War
Mark your calendars, folks! Originally set for October 22, 2025, the Great Google Play Billing Maelstrom was supposed to end. Epic Games had scored a legit legal win forcing Google to open up its app store, letting devs ditch mandatory Google Play Billing, endless fees, and annoying scare screens ā much like the Apple App Storeās quirks, but now legally official! But plot twist: both Google and Epic asked Judge James Donato to extend the deadline to October 29 ā because who doesnāt love last-minute suspense? No reasons given, just about a week more of limbo gymnastic routines while Google preps their Supreme Court appeal due October 27. It's like watching your dentist reschedule your root canal repeatedly, except the patients are billion-dollar corporations. And yes, the judge's official order was a whole 3 sentences longābrevity meets legal cliffhanger.
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Epic and Google just agreed to postpone freedom from Google Play Billing by a week, proving the slowest tech legal drama is now a six-season Netflix binge with no final episode.
Google and Epic treating October 22nd like it's the season finale everyone loves ā then cliffhanging us until October 29th like a bad soap opera nobody asked for.
Epic's legal victory so delayed it's basically the Game of Thrones finale for app developers: everyoneās waiting, nobody's happy, and a wild Supreme Court might swoop in last minute.
Source: Theverge | Published: 10/21/2025 | Author: Sean Hollister
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