Epic Games is suing Google again along with Samsung, claiming that unfair practices make it hard to get exposure to its third-party software offerings. In this claim, Epic takes issue with Samsung's Auto Blocker feature, which stops the installation of software that is not from official trusted sources. Specifically, Epic claims that it's anti-competitive that auto-blocker is on by default and that Google strong-armed Samsung into making it that way.
This feels very much like the last time Epic sued Google, claiming the company was anti-competitive and abusing monopoly power. That's a lawsuit Epic won, even if it didn't have the results Epic had hoped for. What's not being mentioned is that this all stems from the fact that Epic doesn't want to pay Google (or Apple) fees to process payments and transactions.
