Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trials through online searches, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend a multi-billion-dollar revenue sharing protocol to iPhone manufacturers every year to make Google the default search on its Safari browser engine.
Apple does not intend to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet’s Google, whether or not to continue payments, the company’s attorney said in court filings filed in Washington on Monday. With an agreement with Google in 2022 alone, Apple has received an estimated $20 billion (approximately Rs 170,544 crore).
Apple wants to call witnesses to testify at the April trial. Prosecutors will seek to show that Google must take several measures, including the sale of its Chrome web browser and possible Android operating system to restore competition in online searches.
“Google can no longer fully represent Apple’s interest: Google must now defend its broad efforts to break through its business unit,” Apple said.
The Justice Department’s prosecution of Google is a landmark case that can reshape how users find information online.
Google proposed to enter into its default agreement with browser developers, mobile device manufacturers and wireless carriers, but did not end its agreement to share a portion of its advertising revenue from Google generated from searches.
A Google spokesperson declined to comment on Tuesday.
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