Epic Games has decided to sue Google and Samsung for the use ofAuto Blockera system which, according to what was reported by the producers, should protect users from the possible installation of malware but which, according to the gaming company, is limited to block all software that does not pass through the official stores.
Ultimately, this is another episode in Epic Games’ long war against proprietary stores and the “walled gardens” proposed by large hardware and software producers, which according to Tim Sweeney’s company prevent fair competition through irregular systems, moreover in cahoots between Google and Samsung in this case.
If on the one hand the former is now a historic opponent of Epic Games, the latter is also new because it had emerged as a sort of ally at the time of the first legal skirmishes against Google and Apple, which makes the case rather curious.
Fortnite under attack?
The object of the dispute is therefore the Auto Blocker, for Google and Samsung a security tool for users, while for Epic Games just another method to prevent free access to content that goes beyond the standard stores.
This, obviously, also affects Epic products such as Fortnite, given that blocking the software in question is required in order to proceed with theinstallation of this.
Samsung, in particular, has recently introduced the Auto Blocker to prevent the side-loading of software, however resulting in an obstacle to the installation of Fortnite, as it blocks all software that does not come from the Samsung Store or Google Store.
According to Tim Sweeney and Epic Games, this would be anti-competitive behavior, because although it poses an easily solvable problem, it still represents an obstacle to free competition, and also raises doubts among users about the safety of third-party software. At this point, we are waiting to see how the legal issue will develop.
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