Apple tells court US DOJ wrong in assuming it will build own search engine
( May 9, 2025, 22:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Apple told a US federal court that several remedy proposals put forth by the US Department of Justice in a lawsuit over Google's illegal monopoly in Internet search markets is "sweeping" for which the government has offered no convincing rationale. "After three weeks of trial, the only conceivable justification they have put forward is that Apple will develop its own general search engine. That high-risk assumption is wrong," Apple said in an amicus brief to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. "Apple does not intend to build its own general search engine — it has other competing concerns, and developing and monetizing a search engine is beyond Apple’s business priorities," it said. The DOJ's proposal to stop Google from paying Apple for default placement of Google Search would entrench Google’s market position by offering it free distribution, giving Google a significant advantage over competitors. Apple also cannot harm its own users by prohibiting them from choosing the world’s current leading search engine because users would find a way to access Google, it said.See attached document....
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