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Google's 'wall of defaults' protects sprawling Internet search monopoly, US DOJ says as historic trial begins

By Khushita Vasant and Chris May ( September 12, 2023, 21:01 GMT | Insight) -- Google is a monopolist with a market share of 89 percent in general search services, and it protects this "money machine" through a "wall of defaults," locking device makers, telecom carriers and advertisers into restrictive agreements that harm user choice, privacy and rivals’ ability to survive, the US Department of Justice said today, kicking off a historic trial in the first major US monopolization case in 25 years.Google is a monopolist with a market share of 89 percent in general search services, and it protects this "money machine" through a "wall of defaults," locking device makers, telecom carriers and advertisers into restrictive agreements that harm user choice, privacy and rivals’ ability to survive, the US Department of Justice said today, kicking off a historic trial in the first major US monopolization case in 25 years....

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