Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung for enabling the Auto Blocker feature by default and has alleged coordinated efforts to block competition.
Epic Games is adding a new court case to its battle with Google during its return to Android devices. For context, to download and play games from the Epic Games Store on Android devices, players need to install it as a third-party application. It seems Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature is interfering with this process.
The blog post states that Samsung’s Auto Blocker is turned on by default, requiring users to follow a 21-step process to install the Epic Games Store on Samsung devices. Epic Games requests the court to stop Samsung and Google from engaging in anti-competitive and unfair practices and “mandate that Samsung eliminate the Auto Blocker by default and enable competition.”
Samsung’s Auto Blocker is a security feature that prevents the installation of applications from unauthorized sources and blocks malicious activity. It was introduced as an opt-in feature in 2023 and enabled by default in July 2024.
Epic Games has claimed that the Auto Blocker feature “undermines the jury’s unanimous decision in Epic v. Google, specifically that Google entered into one or more agreements that unreasonably restrained trade in a relevant antitrust market,” including “agreements with OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] that sell mobile devices.”
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