Apple wants to participate in Google’s antitrust case. Indeed, the search giant struck billion-dollar deals with Apple to offer Google Search as its default search engine.
The antitrust case against Google, referring to the search giant as a monopolist, is taking a new turn. The U.S. General Court formulated several proposals for Google to address its monopoly, including the breakup of Google. The search giant recently made a counterproposal that focuses on billion-dollar deals with other tech giants. One of them is Apple, which now wants to participate in the antitrust case against Google, Reuters reported, based on a request filed Monday.
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The antitrust case against Google relates primarily to Google’s illegally constructed monopoly. Google allegedly made billions of deals to put its search engine ahead of the pack, denying competition a chance. One of those billion-dollar deals Google struck with Apple, which offers Google Search as its default search engine. This deal would be one of the reasons Apple wants to participate in the antitrust case.
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According to Apple, Google may continue to submit money to have the search engine offered by default. “Google can no longer adequately represent Apple’s interests: Google must defend itself against an attempt to break up its business,” Apple said.
Google recently offered a counterproposal to Justice, in which the tech giant mainly focuses on the contract issue. For example, this counterproposal states that the company wants to limit the maximum contract term to 12 months. This will allow parties including Apple to decide after one year whether or not they want to continue with Google.
A similar antitrust case is currently pending against Google, but around its dominant advertising policies.