Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming US antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot trust Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements. iPhone makers make billions of dollars every year To make Google the default search engine on its Safari browser.
Apple No plans to create your own search engine Alphabet’s move to compete with Google, whether payments will continue or not, company lawyer court papers said Filed in Washington on Monday.
Apple received an estimated $20 billion from its deal with Google in 2022 alone.
Apple plans to call witnesses to testify in the April trial. Prosecutors will try to show that Google should have taken a number of measures, including Selling your Chrome web browser and potentially its Android operating system, to restore competition in online search.
“Google can no longer adequately represent Apple’s interests: Google must now defend against a broader effort to break up its business units,” Apple said.
Google’s v. Justice Department case is a landmark case that could reshape the way users find information online.
Google has proposed loosening its default agreements with browser developers, mobile-device makers and wireless carriers, but not ending their agreements to share a portion of it. Advertising revenue generated from Google search,
A Google spokesperson declined to comment Tuesday.
