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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Technology => Topic started by: mystery-ak on October 21, 2020, 10:39:41 pm
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DOJ: Google Paid Mobile Carriers $1 Billion Last Year to Dominate Smartphone Searches
Lucas Nolan 21 Oct 2020
The recent landmark antitrust lawsuit from the Justice Department claims that Google paid mobile carriers $1 billion last year to continue its monopolistic dominance of searches completed on America’s smartphones.
Bloomberg reports that a landmark antitrust lawsuit from the Justice Department claims that tech giant Google paid out over $1 billion last year to mobile carriers in the United States to distribute its search engine, ensuring its massive market share of mobile searches remains steady. The DOJ suit filed on Tuesday outlines multiple methods google sues to make its search engine the default service on browsers, smartphones, and other tech platforms.
This includes deals with Apple and Android manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics. Google also made a number of revenue sharing agreements with major mobile carriers to block competing search engines and browsers, the Justice Department stated. Carriers reportedly received a portion of search advertising revenue for making Google Search the default search engine on their devices.
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https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/21/doj-google-paid-mobile-carriers-1-billion-last-year-to-dominate-smartphone-searches/ (https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/21/doj-google-paid-mobile-carriers-1-billion-last-year-to-dominate-smartphone-searches/)