Re: Speaking of game company hijinks....

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 07:52:11 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Dimensional Traveler wrote:

https://apnews.com/article/epic-games-google-samsung-d5acc9f1412251335a9e9cf08ce3e98c
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Epic Games sues Google and Samsung over phone settings, accusing them of
violating antitrust laws
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung
on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block
third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices.
At issue is Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which only allows for apps
from authorized sources, such as the Samsung Galaxy Store or Google Play
Store, to be installed. The feature is turned on by default but can be
changed in a phone’s settings.

Zag:

*Learns about the setting, ignores it.
*Continues to ignore the Samsung Store, Bixby, and Samsung Pay
*Goes to Google Play to find an app to ban Epic Games from the platform

Suck it up, Epic. No way do I want a fragmented distribution system like
I have on the PC. It takes a literal spreadsheet to keep track of where
all my stuff is. There's a setting and it's default activated for actual
security reasons. Do your own awareness campaign and see what happens.

Probably all the bulleted points above.

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Zag

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