Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit
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Summary
Epic Games has reached a settlement with Samsung over allegations that the phone manufacturer had worked with Google to get around antitrust rules and make it more difficult for users to download the Epic Games Store.
The feature at the center of the claim, Auto Blocker, will be disabled on Samsung’s new range of phones, which are due to be released shortly.
While Epic Games was successful in its antitrust lawsuit against Google, resulting in a ruling that the company must loosen its grip on its app store, the situation with Apple has not been resolved, with the Fortnite creator reporting no progress having been made on the issue in the courts.
This leaves the question of app store bias and anti-competitive behavior in mobile gaming wide open, with developers increasingly looking to push their games to as wide a market as possible, avoiding the major app stores if necessary.
