Epic Games accuses Samsung, Google of scheme to block app rivals: Details

“Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google and Samsung , the world’s largest Android phone manufacturer, of conspiring to protect Google’s Play store from competition.

Epic said it would file a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in California alleging that a Samsung mobile security feature called Auto Blocker was intended to deter users from downloading apps from sources other than the Play store or Samsung’s Galaxy store, which the Korean company chose to put on the back burner.