Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge

Samantha Masunaga writing for The LA Times

In 2021, Google paid out a total of $26.3 billion in revenue share under its contracts with browser developers Apple and Mozilla, major manufacturers of Android devices such as Samsung and Motorola, and U.S. wireless carriers including AT&T and Verizon, according to the ruling.

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“These distribution deals have forced Google’s rivals to find other ways to reach users,” the ruling said.

Not sure how this is going to play out. Apparently remedies can range from breaking Google up, to just forbidding Google from making these types of deals.

Of those affected, Mozilla is probably the worst off, most of their revenue comes from Google’s search deal.