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Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices

By PAUL WISEMAN - Oct 30, 2023, 01:33 PM ET
Last Updated - Oct 30, 2023, 03:51 PM EDT
Google Antitrust Showdown
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has finally taken the stand in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century

WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’

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Google counters that it dominates the market because its search engine is better than the competition.

Pichai, the star witness in Google's defense, testified Monday that Google's payments to phone manufacturers and wireless phone companies were partly meant to nudge them into making costly security upgrades and other improvements to their devices, not just to ensure Google was the first search engine users encounter when they open their smartphones or computers.

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