Fortnite maker Epic Games has now filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google, and now additionally Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores.
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.
Samsung would not confirm or deny to The Verge whether Auto Blocker actually scans an app for threats or suspicious activity. It would not confirm or deny whether it worked with Google on the feature. Samsung points out that it doesn’t secretly or quietly turn on Auto Blocker, though; it lets users choose. “The default setting for Auto Blocker is set to On in the phone’s initial setup wizard, but you can also change this setting to Off during the initial setup,” the company’s support page notes.
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