Original Content: Business Upside
All is fair in love and war and perhaps business. At least, the business practices of the large tech companies highlight the truth of the statement when you look at the Google antitrust lawsuits in the US. For more than a year, a network of federal and state law enforcers have filed lawsuits against Google. It alleges that the company’s business practices are unfair, and the company is exploiting customers and illegally curtailing competition. Google faces at least four antitrust cases filed against it as the Department of Justice and three dozen states are up in arms against several wrongdoings.
All the cases relate to antitrust violations, although the wrongdoings are different in each case.
What are the Google Antitrust Cases?
The First Case
In October 2020, the Department of Justice filed the first case against Google, the most significant lawsuit in two decades against a tech company. The allegation against Google is about the monopoly over search activities by executing exclusive contracts with other companies to ensure that Google becomes the default search engine on smartphones and browsers. The DOJ states in the complaint that to make Google the default browser on Safari, the company paid Apple $12 billion per year. It further says that such deals with Apple and other smartphone makers allowed Google to maintain its stranglehold in searches and search-related businesses to enjoy an 80% market share.
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