Feds target Google ‘power of defaults’ in second day of antitrust trial

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday took aim at Google’s exclusive agreements with mobile phone and internet browser companies during the second day of the landmark antitrust case. 

Google’s contracts make their search engine the default option on iPhones, Android devices and browsers like Firefox and Opera in exchange for a portion of the advertising revenue. In the eyes of the government, those agreements have helped Google create a monopoly over internet searches and led to “monopolistic behavior” by the company to maintain their dominance. 

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