Google created hurdles to protect smartphone foothold: Small search firm

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WASHINGTON: The founder of Branch Metrics, which developed a method of searching within smartphone apps, told a US antitrust trial on Wednesday (Sep 27) how his company struggled to integrate with devices because of steps Google took to block them. The testimony came during the third week of a more than tw

WASHINGTON: The founder of Branch Metrics, which developed a method of searching within smartphone apps, told a US antitrust trial on Wednesday how his company struggled to integrate with devices because of steps Google took to block them.

Google is accused of paying US$10 billion a year based on"revenue share agreements" to smartphone makers, wireless carriers and others who agree to make its software the default and maintain its monopoly in search. Austin said he would be contacted by Samsung during a launch in 2019 and told,"Oh, we need to cut this functionality because Google says it's, like, in conflict or there's a risk to the contract."

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