Apple, Google Worked as ‘One Company’ on Search Deal, U.S. Says
- DOJ antitrust lawsuit goes after a multibillion-dollar pact
- Google documents say losing Apple deal would be ‘Code Red’
The U.S. government’s antitrust assault against Google reveals new details about a secretive, multibillion-dollar deal between the internet giant and Apple Inc., the world’s largest technology company.
The Justice Department’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday, targets paid deals Google negotiates to get its search engine to be the default on browsers, phones and other devices. The biggest of these is an agreement that makes Google search the default on iPhones and other Apple devices.
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