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’
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Google Used Anticompetitive Tactics in Search, DOJ Says
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google, accusing it of abusing its monopoly in search. Bloomberg's David Westin and Alex Webb, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, break down the case on "Bloomberg Markets." Webb's opinions are his own. (Source: Bloomberg)
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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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