September 26, 2023
Apple never really needed to consider alternatives to Google Search for the Safari browser on Macs and iPhones, a senior vice president testified Tuesday in D.C. federal court, pushing back on U.S. Department of Justice assertions that Google's default placement threatens privacy and is based purely on billions in revenue sharing.
September 21, 2023
DuckDuckGo's CEO testified about the outsize power of Google's default status on web browsers and smartphones Thursday, backing U.S. Department of Justice assertions in D.C. federal court that switching between search engines is a far more complicated process than Google claims.
September 20, 2023
A former Google engineer on Wednesday told the judge overseeing the government's search monopolization trial that the company uses data about user interactions to help rank search results, despite its public position, but said it also has systems that don't rely on user data.
September 19, 2023
A Google executive said during the government's search monopolization case on Tuesday that the ads on search result pages help provide a better user experience, and argued that Google has been losing ground to advertising competitors for the last several years.
September 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice pressed a Google executive Friday on internal communications policies the government alleges were used to hide anti-competitive conversations, in the D.C. federal court trial accusing the company of illegally using default search contracts with smartphone makers and web browsers to shut out rivals.
September 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice's behavioral economist on Thursday stood by his conclusions that Google's default search status on browsers and especially smartphones creates powerful consumer inertia against rival search engines, testifying in the government's antitrust case in D.C. federal court that consumer usage isn't an absolute showing of true demand.
September 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice used a former Google official's testimony Wednesday to highlight the kind of value the company placed on being the default search engine on web browsers and early smartphones, a position the official said was sought in every partnership he worked on.
September 12, 2023
The Justice Department laid out its case against Google in D.C. federal court Tuesday, outlining the lengths the company goes to ensure it is the default on smartphones and browsers, including threatening to withhold billions of dollars in revenue sharing for Apple if the smartphone maker switched search engines.
September 08, 2023
Ahead of a looming trial for the government's landmark case accusing Google of monopolization, the tech giant asserted Friday in a public defense of its business practices that people use its search engine because they want to, not because they have to.
September 08, 2023
A foundational piece of the internet is about to be tested as Google fights U.S. Department of Justice allegations that the company created an illegal online stranglehold by paying billions of dollars annually to provide the default search engine on iPhones, Mozilla browsers and Verizon devices.