Apple wants to join Google's antitrust lawsuit

Apple lawyers say the company has no plans to build its own search engine to compete with Google, whether or not the revenue sharing continues.

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Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming antitrust trial regarding its online search operations in the US.

Apple argues that it cannot rely on Google to protect revenue-sharing agreements.

These deals bring the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year by making Google the default search engine on the Safari browser.

In documents filed in a Washington court recently, Apple lawyers said the company has no plans to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet Inc.'s Google, whether or not the payments continue.

Apple is estimated to have received $20 billion from the deal with Google in 2022 alone.

Apple plans to call witnesses to testify at the April trial. Meanwhile, prosecutors will seek to show that Google must take steps, including selling its Chrome web browser and potentially its Android operating system, to restore competition in online search.

Apple argues that Google can no longer adequately represent Apple's interests, as Google now has to defend itself against a major effort to break up its business units.

The Justice Department's indictment of Google is a landmark case that could reshape the way people search for information online.

Google has proposed loosening default agreements with browser developers, mobile device makers and wireless carriers, but does not intend to end agreements to share a portion of the advertising revenue Google generates from search.

Google on December 20 rejected a request from US authorities to sell its Chrome browser, asking a judge to address antitrust concerns by prohibiting Google from imposing licensing conditions that favor its own software.

Earlier, on November 20, the US government asked federal judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell Chrome - one of the most popular Internet browsers in the world today. This is one of the steps to fight monopoly against the technology giant Google.

The proposal to “break up” Google marks a profound change by US regulators after a period of letting technology companies have their own freedom since not deciding to dissolve Microsoft two decades ago./.

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