The Google CEO claims his company is the top search engine because it gives users a better search experience.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai upheld the company’s decision to pay out billions of dollars to remain the top global search engine at the U.S. anti-trust trial on Monday, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Pichai claimed he tried to give users a “seamless and easy” experience, even if it meant paying Apple and other tech companies an exorbitant fee. The U.S.
Pichai says he was worried about being the only search engine and requested a Yahoo backup version. Google paid Apple a reported $18 billion to remain the default search engine on its Macs, iPhones, and iPads in 2021, and paid tech companies a grand total of $26 billion in 2021 alone, according to court documents.
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