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- Google pays Samsung, Apple, and other telecom giants billions of dollars every year to maintain Google’s search engine dominance.
- The DOJ says this behavior is anti-competitive and is challenging its legality.
- Apple, Samsung, and the other telecom companies will lose those big paychecks if Google loses.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached out to a federal judge to accuse Google of anti-competitive behavior. If the DOJ’s motion moves to a trial and Google is found guilty, it could end up costing a number of other companies billions of dollars, including some big names like Apple, Samsung, AT&T, and more.
There are many reasons why Google is widely known as the top search engine, but what you may not know is that one of those reasons is that the company pays billions of dollars to be the default option on most browsers and all US smartphones, according to a report from Bloomberg.