Google CEO Sundar Pichai Defends Company in Second Antitrust Trial

Epic Games Accuses Google of Market Abuse, Pichai Reveals Significant Revenue Sharing with Apple

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has testified in court for the second time in two weeks, defending the company's business practices in an ongoing antitrust trial.
Epic Games is accusing Google of using its market dominance to thwart competing Android app stores, thereby driving up prices and discouraging innovation.
Google's defense hinges on the assertion that it faces major competition from Apple's iPhone, mobile operating system, and app store.
Pichai confirmed that Google shared 36% of its ad revenue from Safari search queries with Apple in 2021, amounting to a significant portion of the $26.3 billion that Google paid for all of its 2021 deals.
Evidence submitted during Pichai's testimony revealed that the Google Play Store generated an operating profit of $4.4 billion in the first half of 2020.