Apple says it can't rely on Google to defend its revenue-sharing agreement that sends billions of dollars each year to the iPhone maker by making it the default search engine in its Safari browser The company requested participation in the antitrust trial.
apple There are no plans to build your own search engine. Regardless of whether the payments continue, the company's lawyers said it was to compete with Alphabet Inc.'s Google. stated in court documents It was filed in Washington on Monday.
Apple received an estimated $20 billion in 2022 alone from its deal with Google.
Apple hopes to call witnesses to testify at the trial in April. Prosecutors are trying to prove that Google needs to take several steps to restore competition in online search, including selling its Chrome web browser and potentially the Android operating system.
“Google can no longer adequately represent Apple's interests. Google must now defend against broader efforts to break up its business units,” Apple said.
The Justice Department's Google case is a landmark case that could change the way users find information online.
Google is proposing relaxing default agreements with browser developers, mobile device manufacturers and wireless carriers, but not ending agreements that give Google a share of advertising revenue from search. .
A Google spokesperson declined to comment Tuesday.
