U.S. claims Google pays $10B/year to maintain search dominance, FT reports

Google pays more than $10B a year for agreements that ensure it is the default search engine on mobile phones and computers, U.S. prosecutors alleged during the DOJ’s opening statements in a case accusing Google of dominating internet search via anti-competitive agreements, The Financial Times’ Stefania Palma reports. According to the statement, Google began to “illegally maintain” the monopoly in 2010 and currently represents about 89% of the internet search market.