Article 6FAQC Details of Apple’s talks to replace Google with Bing and even DuckDuckGo revealed in unsealed court testimony

Details of Apple’s talks to replace Google with Bing and even DuckDuckGo revealed in unsealed court testimony

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While Google's search engine has for years been the default on Apple's devices, newly unsealed court testimonies reveal that Apple held talks with both Microsoft and DuckDuckGo to use their search engines across Apple devices, and in Microsoft's case even potentially buying Bing, The Washington Post and Bloomberg report. The potential of a Microsoft deal also served as a useful bargaining chip for Apple when negotiating its lucrative search deal with Google.

The details came to light as part of the Department of Justice's landmark antitrust case against Google which accuses the search giant of abusing its dominance of the search market. A key element of this trial is an agreement that sees Google pay Apple billions of dollars a year in a...

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