A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Apple and Google have an agreement that keeps the iPhone maker out of the search engine business as long as Google pays to remain the default search option in Apple's Safari browser. The lawsuit claims the two companies maintain their anticompetitive agreement with "regular secret meetings" between Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
According to a press release, a class action lawsuit has been filed in California against Google, Apple, and their CEOs for allegedly breaking antitrust rules. According to the statement, the case seeks for Google and Apple to be split up into different and independent corporations, similar to how Standard Oil was split up into Exxon, Mobile, Conoco, Amoco, Sohio, Chevron, and others.
/PRNewswire/ California Crane School, Inc. filed a class action antitrust case [3:21-cv-10001, C.C.S.I. v Google LLC] on 12/27/21 against Google and Apple.