Epic Games is suing Google and Samsung for gatekeeping access to third-party app stores

01 October 2024
The new antitrust lawsuit alleges a coordinated effort between Google and Samsung to undermine third-party app stores via Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” setting.

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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2024Literally just read a few comments below, that guy explaine... moreThat guy is a brick. He's talking about mdm which isn't installed on consuner iphones by default. He can only get those apps because business iphones have completely different systems for blocking this stuff.

It's like saying that anyone can walk in to the Whitehouse but then forgets to mention he works there lmao

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    • 05 Oct 2024

    Ouifuf, 04 Oct 2024Explain it too me then. Explain how it's easier to ins... moreLiterally just read a few comments below, that guy explained the process pretty simply.

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      • 04 Oct 2024

      Anonymous, 03 Oct 2024Once again you’re just flat out wrong. You literally do not... moreI have always suspected that this website had chat bots in the comments, I am pretty sure this guy proves that. Nobody just ignores every other comment and only replies to one singular comment over and over 🥱

        Anonymous, 03 Oct 2024Once again you’re just flat out wrong. You literally do not... moreExplain it too me then. Explain how it's easier to install another app store on ios than it is on android. Can't keep saying I'm wrong with no evidence

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          • 03 Oct 2024

          Ouifuf, 03 Oct 2024Wdym? Going through all the work to jailbreak your phone vs... moreOnce again you’re just flat out wrong. You literally do not know what you’re talking about. No jailbreaks required, never has been, your loyalty to Google is weird.

            Anonymous, 03 Oct 2024The blind hate is real.Wdym? Going through all the work to jailbreak your phone vs pressing allow isn't blind hate, it's preffering the easier choice

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              • 03 Oct 2024

              Anonymous, 03 Oct 2024Yeah, telling old dude about sideloading who was among mill... moreYeah, telling old dude about sideloading who was among millions hold the OG iPhone (the first iPhone) in my hand and used it. Show us how to sideload without jailbreak the iPhone first. Otherwise, I called you bullshit 🙄

              How do people develop apps if you cant sideload them? Ever think of that? lol My company iPhone has 9 proprietary apps from the testflight app just to be able to do my job.

              Step 1: go to settings-privacy and security-developer mode-enable developer mode.
              Step 2: go to your favorite third party app store, either download the store or install the apps directly from their website. (this uses their developer certificate, you can self sign the IPA with your certificate as well)
              Step 3: go to settings-device management-trust the sideloaded app
              Step 4: enjoy your sideloaded app. (app certificate expires in 365 days.)

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                • 03 Oct 2024

                Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024You have never needed a jailbreak to sideload. You all have... moreYeah, telling old dude about sideloading who was among millions hold the OG iPhone (the first iPhone) in my hand and used it. Show us how to sideload without jailbreak the iPhone first. Otherwise, I called you bullshit 🙄

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                  • 03 Oct 2024

                  Ouifuf, 03 Oct 2024I had a feeling. Having to hack into your own phone just fi... moreThe blind hate is real.

                    Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024What he meant was Jailbreak 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️I had a feeling. Having to hack into your own phone just figure out a way to download certain app stores and get certain apps is wayyyy more effort than pressing allow like 3 times lmao

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                      • 02 Oct 2024

                      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024You have never needed a jailbreak to sideload. You all have... moreWhat is even funnier is every iOS jailbreak from the last decade has required the sideloading of an app to jailbreak the phone haha. These Android fanbois are always blindly hating iOS.

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                        • 02 Oct 2024

                        Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024What he meant was Jailbreak 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️You have never needed a jailbreak to sideload. You all have never used iOS before a day in your life and every day it shows more and more. The EU did not sue to allow sideloading, they sued to allow the payment system of third party app stores. That is why any app on a third party app store in the Eu cannot be in the Apple app store.

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                          • 02 Oct 2024

                          Ouifuf, 01 Oct 2024Never seen someone so confidently lie lmao. If 3rd party ap... moreWhat he meant was Jailbreak 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

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                            Anonymous, 01 Oct 2024good thinking, but since such people are willing to dump th... more"choice" - is just herd mentality

                              Luke, 01 Oct 2024Then android will die in the form Google pushes it. And v... moreAnd yet, they all followed the microsd removal upon demand from Google on the flagship.
                              How so ?
                              To deliver pricier phone and more segmentation with a 100€/$ increment at each stage of memory.
                              Because why?
                              We are on a peak on perfomance, optics/camera and in some aspect, battery too.
                              They can't even update the phone correctty and the price asked is just insane each year for minimal upgrade.
                              That's how I see it :)

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                                • 01 Oct 2024

                                [deleted post]good thinking, but since such people are willing to dump their hard-earned money into apple product please respect their choice.

                                  Anonymous, 01 Oct 2024Fake news. Third party app stores for iOS have been a thing... moreNever seen someone so confidently lie lmao. If 3rd party app stores were so common and Apple allowed them, why did they get SUED for not allowing them??

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                                    • 01 Oct 2024

                                    All of these people acting like google is a charitable foundation that doesn’t need money and paid its employees cause everything should be free even if it cost money to develop or maintain

                                      [deleted post]To me, what is more indicative of ‘weird thinking habits’ is when people who go around likening smartphones to cages. Or suggesting what smartphone a person chooses to use is by itself useful as a tool of mental analysis.

                                      In short, it’s the cr*p people say rather than the smartphone they use that ultimately gives them away 🤷

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                                        • 01 Oct 2024

                                        Ouifuf, 01 Oct 2024Epic are just suing for the sake of suing now. If I wanted ... moreFake news. Third party app stores for iOS have been a thing for forever, it is just people like you that have never used iOS who keep spreading this myth. Third party iOS app stores were the SOLE REASON that I switched to iOS as a daily driver when Google started going to war with root/magisk during the launch of PokemonGo.