The Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google has finally made its way to the courtroom. In the first major hearing to stem from the case, DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer said Google pays out “enormous numbers” to keep its search engine as the default setting across device ecosystems.
“Google invests billions in defaults, knowing people won’t change them,” Dintzer said, according to a Bloomberg report. “They are buying default exclusivity because defaults matter a lot.”
