Read These 10 Articles to Understand the Landmark Google Search Monopoly Trial

The Google search antitrust trial wrapped at its 10 week mark. We’ll have to wait until next summer for a verdict, but here are 10 things we learned over the last two months of the first big trial taking on Big Tech’s power.

1. Google spent $26 billion to hide this phone setting from you - Washington Post

Google goes to great lengths to be your default search engine and keep you from switching. Here’s why you should make your own choice. Read the article.

2. Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says - CNBC

The 36% figure, which was not previously known to the public, is one of the clearest indications of how lucrative Google’s search deal has been for both Apple and the search engine company. The incidental disclosure from Alphabet’s expert witness Kevin Murphy, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was not expected. Read the article.

3. Inside Google’s Plan to Stop Apple From Getting Serious About Search - NY Times

Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening. Read the article.

4. Apple considered buying Microsoft’s Bing to battle Google - Washington Post

Recently unsealed testimony offers a rare glimpse of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering in the search-engine sector, which is overwhelmingly dominated by Google. Read the article. 

5. Microsoft CEO Says Google’s Agreements With Apple Unfairly Harmed Bing - Wall Street Journal

Satya Nadella says it will take more than AI to check Google’s advantage in internet search. Read the article.

6. Testifying in a landmark antitrust case, Google’s chief executive defended huge payments to phone makers - NY Times

The lack of competition in general search tools, the government argues, deprives consumers of improved quality and choice. Read the article.

7. Six Documents That Explain DOJ’s Antitrust Case Against Google - Bloomberg

So much of the DOJ case comes down to incriminating internal Google documents. See the key documents and emails that became evidence against Google. Read the article.

8. What the U.S. Has Argued in the Google Antitrust Trial - NY Times

As the government wraps up its case in the landmark monopoly trial, it has built a picture of how Google became dominant in online search. Read the article.

9.Google’s on Trial. No Looking. - Slate

US v. Google is one of the most important antitrust trials in decades, but Judge Amit Mehta has kept most of it out of the public view, argued a motion from The New York Times. Scott Nover on why a big chunk of the most important tech trial in years is happening behind closed doors.” Read the article.

10. Google Antitrust Judge Says He Has ‘No Idea’ How He Will Rule - Wall Street Journal

Judge set closing arguments for May on whether the DOJ proved that Google unlawfully monopolizes internet search. Read the article.