Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of internet search engine company DuckDuckGo testified on Thursday that his company struggled to grow its market share because Google was paying key companies billions of dollars to keep its own search engine as the default on computers or mobile devices. Read more about his testimony.
The U.S. government claims Google sought agreements with mobile carriers to win powerful default positions on smartphones to dominate search. The government argues that this antitrust trial, the biggest in decades, will determine the future of the internet. Here’s a glimpse at Google’s defense.
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