Alphabet Inc.’s search division is accused of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly by paying $10 billion a year to make its search engine the default option. | World News
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to testify in the US Justice Department s antitrust trial against Google, highlighting the search giant s hold on the market. The government claims Google paid billions to be the default search engine on devices, boosting its advertising profits.
A senior Google executive once likened the company’s search advertising business to selling drugs, calling it “one of the world’s greatest business models ever created” since the company can “ignore” users and focus on generating revenue from advertising.
The US government is o the view that Google illegally paid $10 billion annually to smartphone makers like Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default in search on their devices to keep its market share intact.
Apple executive defends decision to set Google as default search engine, citing lack of viable alternatives. Google is being sued by US Justice Department over allegations of anti-competitive behavior.