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Google shelled out $26.34 billion to secure default search-engine status in 2021, US court told

By Khushita Vasant ( October 27, 2023, 23:36 GMT | Insight) -- Google paid $26.34 billion in 2021 to business partners to snare the default search-engine status on browsers and mobile phones, a nearly three-fold jump in the amount it paid in 2014, according to evidence unveiled today at the US Department of Justice's landmark monopoly trial against the tech giant.Google paid $26.34 billion in 2021 to business partners to snare the default search-engine status on browsers and mobile phones, a nearly three-fold jump in the amount it paid in 2014, according to evidence unveiled today at the US Department of Justice's landmark monopoly trial against the tech giant....

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