Search engine giant Google is paying huge sums of money to various companies to keep themselves at the top of search engines worldwide. Behind this, it has been alleged in the US court that their cost is 10 billion dollars annually. News NDTV and Banikabarta.
The company is said to be paying billions to Apple, Samsung, Mozilla and others to pre-install Google as the default online search engine.
Kenneth Dintzer, a lawyer for the state, said that Google’s action will be a threat to the future of the Internet.
The trial is expected to last for 10 weeks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and top Apple executives will also testify.
According to those concerned, the complaint against Google is the largest antitrust case in the United States in the last two decades.
Google lawyer John Schmidtlin said in court arguments that the plaintiffs deny that Google has been leading the way in innovation over the past few decades.
Almost two decades ago, Microsoft was sued in the US court over the dominance of the Windows operating system. After that, this is the first time a major technology company has to face such allegations.
