Google Bets $20B Safari Deal Can Save Its Antitrust Case

Google says its $20B Safari deal proves competition. Courts may see it as the clearest evidence of monopoly power.

Key takeaways

• Google lost the monopoly ruling, but it is now asking an appeals court to treat its Safari default deal with Apple as evidence of competition — not proof that comp...
• In a filing made today, Google appealed the antitrust ruling against its search business and defended its long-running Apple agreement as lawful distribution competiti...
• That is the question now moving up the courts: when does paying to be the default become paying to prevent competition?
• Google says Apple picked the best product; the court saw monopoly maintenance

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