The changes center on Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature, which must be disabled before users can download apps from Epic’s app ...
One key feature found on Samsung phones forms the cornerstone of Epic Games' new complaint: a setting known as Auto Blocker that users must turn off to install Epic Games and Fortnite.
Epic Games’ latest lawsuit focuses on a Samsung program called Auto Blocker, which stops users from downloading apps from sources other than the Google Play Store or Samsung Galaxy Store.
According to Epic, the process takes 12 steps, rather than 21, for other Android phones and tablets. The firm has blamed a Samsung feature called Auto Blocker for the issue, which is turned on by ...
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 ...
The key factor in this lawsuit is Samsung’s default Auto Blocker feature, which is a setting that you have to disable to install Epic Games and Fortnite – or other third party apps or websites.
Auto Blocker is designed to prevent malicious activities by blocking app installations from unapproved sources, but Epic argues that this feature is unfairly affecting Fortnite downloads and ...
The latest lawsuit focuses on Samsung's Auto Blocker feature. Epic claims that feature was implemented in coordination with Google to undermine a recent U.S. court decision against Google's app store ...
A Google exec is pushing back on Epic Games after the game maker sued Google and Samsung over Samsung's Auto Blocker feature. "Epic’s latest lawsuit is a meritless and dangerous move.
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 ...