[copp]

I think we are missing the point here.

I might be wrong, but this is my take on this. Google has an agreement with OEM not to install any app store. What google objected was not default app of Fortnite. However, it was a Fornite's game store kind of.

Still Google does not object the user to install anything on their phone, though that is getting a bit difficult with Android 11.

TLDR; this article SEEMS to talk about Epic Games App Store, rather than Fortnite.

[ocdtrekkie]

Basically, if you get Fortnite from the Play Store, you get Fortnite. If you get Fortnite outside the Play Store, you get the Epic Games Launcher, which installs Fortnite. The Epic Games Launcher on Windows was updated into the Epic Games Store, when they added support for third party titles.

So yes, Google put a kibosh on an OEM pre-installing a competing store, not just the game.