Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules
- Google’s deals with Apple and others violate law, judge says
- Google paid billions to make search engine default on phones
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Google illegally monopolized the search market through exclusive deals, a judge ruled Monday, handing the government a win in its first major antitrust case against a tech giant in more than two decades.
Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said that the Alphabet Inc. unit’s $26 billion in payments to make its search engine the default option on smartphones and web browsers effectively blocked any other competitor from succeeding in the market.