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Has this not been a thing for a while? What app do I have on my phone?
"Also why does Google search keep taking me to random crypto sites?"
No seriously I had to install an Epic Games app to get Fortnite on Android a while back.
Have I seriously had a virus on my phone this whole time? Am I that dense?
That's the real official thing. But today the journo heard it for the first time.
I wouldn't be surprised if they had a launcher before and they're releasing a "Store" now that Google and Apple have been slapped with anti-trust lawsuits. I think your best bet would be asking the folks at the Epic forums.
Did a little research and it looks like that's exactly what it was, just an app that existed to update the few first party titles they had