Google is facing charges from the US Department of Justice that it maintains a dominant position in internet search through payments to device makers and browser developers that keep it as the default search option.
The trial began on September 12 with a court hearing in which the US government outlined its case against the internet giant, claiming Google has used anti-competitive practices to maintain its near-monopoly of online searches. Google's search engine is a key part of its business operations as it is linked to advertising payments that make up about 80 percent of the company's $224 billion revenue,In his opening statement, Justice Department lawyer Kenneth Dintzer claimed Google had become a monopoly by at least 2010 and currently controls more than 89 percent of the online search market.
He also said Google had estimated the losses if Apple switched defaults to Microsoft's Bing when the contract was up for renegotiation in 2016 and called it"significant," adding the company once claimed that losing default search status on Apple would be a"code red situation" because of the large number of users in the US that have iPhones.
But it isn't just iPhones, Google has also ensured that its search engine is the default on every Android phone sold in the US, Dintzer claimed, meaning rival services have little chance of competing.
Technology Technology Latest News, Technology Technology Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: LBC - 🏆 17. / 74 Read more »