{"id":2468,"date":"2026-03-05T03:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:52:21","slug":"tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo illustration of Tim Sweeney.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/STK186_TIM_SWEENEY_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought<em> two<\/em> of the world&rsquo;s most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: \u00ab\u00a0crooked,\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/googles-statement-is-deceitful-shame-on-them-epic-ceo-tim-sweeney-lays-the-smackdown-on-google-after-its-new-statement-that-microsoft-was-always-able-to-offer-an-xbox-store-on-android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deceitful<\/a>,\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0insanely sneaky,\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/866152\/how-did-you-get-from-that-to-being-willing-to-do-a-business-deal-with-the-fake-open-platform-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling Android<\/a> a \u00ab\u00a0fake open platform,\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/04\/02\/epic-games-ceo-calls-apple-and-google-gangster-style-businesses-in-need-of-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling both companies<\/a> \u00ab\u00a0gangster-style businesses that will do anything they think they can get away with,\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23996474\/epic-tim-sweeney-interview-win-google-antitrust-lawsuit-district-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling me how<\/a> Google&rsquo;s Project Hug was \u00ab\u00a0an astonishingly corrupt effort at a massive scale.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It&rsquo;s right there in a binding term sheet for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/889252\/google-app-store-fee-reduction-20-percent-epic-v-google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his settlement with Google<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On March 3 \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/889595\/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. 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