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The DOJ’s deeply flawed lawsuit would do nothing to help consumers. It could actually raise phone prices, make it harder for people to access the services they want, and artificially prop up lower quality search services. Read our blog post→ https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/response-doj
This isn’t the dial-up 1990s when you needed to purchase a CD-ROM from a store to access alternative services or wait forever for a 28.8 bps modem.
Today, you can easily choose your own search engine or download an app in a matter of seconds. The DOJ is wrongly claiming Americans aren’t sophisticated enough to do this.
Just like a cereal brand might pay a supermarket to stock its products on a shelf at eye level, we pay to promote our services, as do countless other businesses. Apple features Google Search on their devices because they say Google is the best. https://www.fastcompany.com/90269911/apple-ceo-tim-cook-says-this-is-the-best-search-engine-out-there
But this is not exclusive: Bing and Yahoo! also pay Apple to feature prominently. And it’s easy to change your search engine.
On Windows devices, Google is nowhere to be found: Microsoft preloads its Edge browser onto Windows devices and Bing is the default search engine.
