On the other hand, four years after suing Google, Epic is now suing the technology company for the second time. The Fortnite game developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google and, for the first time, is also suing Samsung.
Quoting The VergeTuesday (1/10/2024), in its lawsuit Epic accused Samsung of illegally conspiring to damage third-party application stores.
The lawsuit is because Samsung has an Auto Blocker feature which is now embedded in all new Samsung smartphones.
When this feature is activated, users automatically cannot install applications, unless the application comes from an official source. The official sources in question are the Google Play application store and the Samsung Store.
Epic also claims that there is no process for any other application store (outside of the Samsung Store and Play Store) to obtain authorization.