Epic Games Continues Its Fight Against Mobile Platform Monopolies

Epic Games is back with another antitrust lawsuit against Google, this time also involving Samsung. 

They're accusing both companies of working together to block third-party app stores on Samsung devices. The lawsuit highlights Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which makes it really hard for users to install apps from sources outside the official app store — like Epic’s own store — unless they go through a frustrating process to disable it. Epic says this is just a way to protect Google and Samsung’s app store profits.

Why does this matter?

Epic Games Store only takes a 12% cut from developers, compared to the “industry standard” 30%. Auto Blocker features make it tough for users to access stores like Epic’s, which forces developers to stick to the big app stores and pay that hefty 30% commission. This eats into their profits and can lead to more expensive games and in-game content for gamers.

Our take on Epic Games vs Samsung and Google?

We think the 30% commission is crippling for the industry and fully support Epic’s battle against platform monopolies. Plus, we offer direct-to-consumer video game distribution with a commission as low as 3%. If you want to lower your fees, reach out to our biz dev lead, Skelius!