Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too
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Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Philip Pacheco, Getty Images Four years after Epic sued Google for running an illegal app store monopoly - a case it won this past December - Epic is suing again. The Fortnite game developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google, and now additionally Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores.
The lawsuit revolves around Samsung's Auto Blocker" feature, which now comes turned-on-by-default on new Samsung phones. While it's turned on, it automatically keeps users from installing apps unless they come from authorized sources" - namely, Google and Samsung's app stores. Epic claims there's no process for any rival store to become authorized."
When Epic filed its original lawsuits against Google and Apple in...