Epic Games has filed a lawsuit again in US District Court, four years after the initial legal battle began trial Filed against Google and this time it is also taking action against smartphone maker Samsung. The creator of Fortnite has accused both of them of illegal conspiracy against third-party app stores. The focus is on Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature, which comes pre-installed on new smartphones and blocks the installation of apps from “untrusted sources.”
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Epic apparently counts its Games Store as an app from an “untrusted source” and believes that Google and Samsung are doing this intentionally and even doubts that the blocker is actually for security risks. Doesn’t check apps. At least that’s what Epic boss Tim Sweeney claims. There would also be no chance of a competing app store getting approval. According to Epic, turning off Auto Blocker is also quite complicated and requires 21 steps, so many users leave the protection on.
no proof yet
According to media reports, Epic has not yet provided evidence of a possible agreement between Google and Samsung. Epic would now like to clarify this in a jury trial. also gave epic According to The Verge Said in a press interview that Samsung had not even asked about approval as an authorized app. Epic’s Games Store has reached 10 million mobile installations to date. Epic boss Sweeney claims to be fighting not just for himself, but for all app developers. He directly asked Samsung to take an “honest” approach to turning off the blocker or whitelisting the apps.
The new Epic lawsuit follows a court victory in December 2023, when Epic won against Google in several cases. At that time it was already about the monopoly of the App Store on Android devices. Epic then launched its games store for Android in August 2024. It was also released for the iPhone in the EU due to the Digital Markets Act.
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