Epic Games Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google And Samsung

Epic Games sued Samsung and Google (photo: dock. Epic Games)

JAKARTA After winning a lawsuit against Google at the end of last year, Epic Games again filed a lawsuit against the technology company. Not only Google, but Epic also sued Samsung.

The Fortnite game developer filed an antitrust lawsuit on charges of illegally conspiring to damage access to third-party app stores. Specifically, this lawsuit leads to the Autoblocking feature on Samsung Galaxy phones.

Quoting from The Verge, Automatic Blockers are starting to turn on by default on Samsung's latest phone. This feature will prevent users from installing apps from unofficial sources. Users can only download from Google and Samsung app stores.

According to Epic, this action is a monopoly effort because there is no process of making their application store an official part of Samsung. The company explained that there are 21 stages to download third-party app stores in Samsung.

Despite accusing Google and Samsung of conspiring, Epic Games CEO Timmengatakan bahwa pihaknya belum memiliki bukti. Namun,menung berharap bahwa tindakan kedua perusahaan itu dapat terungkap seperti sidang Epic dan Google sebelumnya.

mentasi bahwa gugatan ini dibuat atas nama seluruh pengembang aplikasi. Secara pribadi,menyak meminta Samsung menggaktif Pemblokir Automatically secara default dan membuat proses 'daftar putih' yang be honest agar toko aplikasi pihak ketiga bisa bersaing.

Regarding Epic Games allegations, Samsung neither confirmed nor denied. However, Google denies any collusion action. Dave Kleidermacher, Google's Head of Android Security, stated that his company never asked Samsung to create an Autoblocking feature.

"Epic's latest lawsuit is baseless and dangerous," said Dave. "Although Android allows sideloading, Google and the security community have warned users over the years about the real risks associated with downloading apps directly from the web."