khaskhabar.com : Tuesday, October 31, 2023 10:35 AM
San Francisco. Google is paying for “preload exclusivity on a device-by-device basis” to remain the default search engine on multiple platforms, the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai said, stressing that they are truly important for the Internet as a whole. We make good products in the U.S., testified in the US v. Google antitrust trial.
The Google CEO defended Google’s business practices, including its deal with Apple and other partners to make Google the default search engine.
According to The Verge report, during a US Justice Department hearing late on Monday, Pichai said that Google Search, Android and Chrome are not only good products, but good for the entire Internet.
“People use Android to build smartphones for less than $30, and it’s helped bring millions of people online,” Pichai said.
Google spent approximately $26.3 billion in 2021 to remain the default search engine across multiple browsers, phones, and platforms.
This figure came to light last week during the cross-examination of Google’s search chief Prabhakar Raghavan by the US Justice Department.
At the beginning of Pichai’s testimony, Google lawyer John Schmidlein walked him through his life and work history, from growing up in India to running one of the largest companies on the planet. Pichai joined Google in 2004, and Schmidtlein asked why he believed in the company.
“I saw the potential,” Pichai said, “I realized for the first time that the Internet would touch most of humanity and that this was a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”
When lawyers asked about Google’s deal with Apple, Pichai said that “we wanted to make sure that the concept of default is protected in a consistent manner as we look at a long-term deal.”
–IANS
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