Google's rivals get day in court as momentous US antitrust trial begins
Google's tactics have made it too tough to get people to use their search engine on a mobile phone, will be one of many rivals to the online search giant eyeing a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial set to begin Tuesday.
The United States will argue Google didn't play by the rules in its efforts to dominate online search in a trial seen as a battle for the soul of the Internet.
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DuckDuckGo has also complained, for example, that removing Google as the default search engine on a device and replacing it with DuckDuckGo takes too many steps, helping keep them to a measly 2.3% market share.
DuckDuckGo, Microsoft and Yahoo are among a long list of Google competitors who will be watching the trial closely.
«Google makes it unduly difficult to use DuckDuckGo by default. We're glad this issue is finally going to have its day in court,» said DuckDuckGo spokesman Kamyl Bazbaz who said that Google had a «stranglehold on major distribution points for more than a decade.»
Google has denied wrongdoing and is prepared to vigorously defend itself.
The legal fight has huge implications for Big Tech, which has been accused of buying or
