WASHINGTON, Oct 31 — Google CEO Sundar Pichai yesterday acknowledged the importance of making its search engine the default in keeping users loyal — a key point in a once-in-a...
Under cross-examination, CEO Sundar Pichai said of Google’s tens of billions in annual payments for default status: ‘We definitely see value.’ — AFP file picWASHINGTON, Oct 31 — Google CEO Sundar Pichai yesterday acknowledged the importance of making its search engine the default in keeping users loyal — a key point in a once-in-a generation US antitrust fight focused on billions of dollars Google paid to be the default on laptops and smartphones.
In testimony yesterday morning, Pichai, who was called by Google, was shown instances when the company pressed Apple, wireless companies and smartphone makers to make its search engine the default on their devices in exchange for revenue-sharing agreements.
“They were not that incented to improve the browser,” he added, calling Chrome a “pretty dramatic improvement” when it launched in 2008.
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