Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company's rival program, Bing. His comments came Monday in a landmark antitrust trial against Google's parent company, Alphabet.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks, Feb. 7, in Redmond, Wash. Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine. WASHINGTON — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company's rival program, Bing.
Nadella said Google's dominance was due to agreements that made it the default browser on smartphones and computers. He downplayed the idea that artificial intelligence or more niche search engines like Amazon or social media sites have meaningfully changed the market in which Microsoft competes with Google.
The Justice Department's antitrust case against Google centers on deals the company struck with Apple and other device makers to use Google's search engine. In an ironic twist, the constraints and distractions posed by the government's antitrust case against Microsoft helped provide a springboard for Google to turn its search engine into a dominant force. By the time Microsoft started its scramble to develop its own search engine, Google had already become synonymous with looking things up on the internet.
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