Analysis
Google is a monopolist, but the egg can’t be unscrambled
The company paid tens of billions of dollars to become the world’s dominant search engine. Even Microsoft couldn’t compete.
Nick BonyhadyTechnology writer
The US government’s landmark case against Google was widely seen as coming down to one question: Is the company utterly dominant in internet searches because its services are great, or because it paid Apple, Samsung and others billions of dollars to set it as the default option on their devices and software?
Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Alphabet – Google’s parent company – was among tech bosses to testify. AP
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