Google Posed Worries for Carriers Mulling New Search App
- Former Samsung venture executive speaks at antitrust trial
- Branch Metrics struggled to get traction on the Galaxy S10
Samsung introduced the S10 in January 2019.
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Wireless carriers balked at allowing Samsung Electronics Co. to load its Galaxy S10 device with an app search capability that Google lacked, due to potential conflicts over their contracts with Google, a former Samsung investment adviser said at the search giant’s antitrust trial Thursday.
“The carriers had concerns it cannibalized their existing search revenues,” said Patrick Chang, a former director at Samsung Next Ventures, a US-based venture capital arm of the South Korean electronics company.