Google has suffered a major setback. The US court has admitted that Google has used illegal methods to create its monopoly in online search. America’s District Court Judge Amit P Mehta has given this decision. This decision can prove to be a milestone for the technology world.
In fact, in the technology sector we see many such companies, whose dominance cannot be challenged by anyone. Google is one such company, which has control over the search engine market. There are other search engines around the world, but no one has yet broken Google.
What does the court say?
In his 286-page decision, Judge Mehta has said that Google has taken unfair advantage of its monopoly in the search business. The judge has said that Google has blocked the competition from entering the market in its distribution agreement.
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Apart from this, Google has paid 26 billion dollars to make its search engine the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers. Because of this other competition could not catch up in the market. The Justice Department and states in America had filed a case against Google regarding this.
Gave billions of dollars to smartphone companies
Google was accused of giving billions of dollars to companies like Samsung and Apple to maintain its dominance. Judge Mehta has said that due to Google’s monopoly on phones and browsers, the company has increased the price of online advertising without thinking about the consequences.
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland has called this decision a historic victory for the American people. He has said that no company is above the law. Federal antitrust regulators have also sued other big tech companies, including Meta Platform, Amazon and Apple.
Now what will the company do next?
Google plans to appeal against this decision. The company says that their success is due to providing better products, which consumers like. Google’s lawyers say that the company faces a lot of competition from other platforms and its market share is due to creating valuable services for the users.