Epic Games files new antitrust lawsuit against Google and Samsung over app store restrictions. The suit alleges Samsung's ...

Essentially, Epic claims that Google directed Samsung to use its Auto Blocker feature to force anyone who attempts to get the Epic Games Store app to go through several unnecessary steps to ...

The changes center on Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature, which must be disabled before users can download apps from Epic’s app ...

This time around, as reported by our friends at 9to5Google, Epic is focused on Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature that limits users to installing apps from “authorized sources.” ...

In effect, Epic argues, this means the Auto Blocker feature "renew[s] the moat protecting the Play Store from competition"—a moat that was at least partially dismantled in the Epic v.

"Epic's latest lawsuit is a meritless and dangerous move," Kleidermacher said. "Google did not request that Samsung create their Auto Blocker feature." Epic has argued that Samsung's introduction ...

Epic Games has filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Federal Court of California with these new claims. The lawsuit alleges that Samsung’s Auto Blocker was developed to deter users from downloading ...

In a lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court — Epic’s second against Google — the company said Auto Blocker “is virtually guaranteed to entrench Google’s dominance over Android app ...

“Fortnite” maker Epic Games filed its second antitrust lawsuit against Google on Monday, accusing the search giant of illegally colluding with smartphone giant Samsung to stifle app developers.

Samsung's website states that Auto Blocker can be turned on or off, but it's on by default and Epic argues the feature is too difficult for users to disable. "Auto Blocker cements the Google Play ...

LOS ANGELES — Videogame maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung ... At issue is Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which only allows for apps from authorized sources, such as the Samsung ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on ...