Tech giant Google, which has been under fire for years for dominating online search, is now facing a lawsuit in the EU for the same reason.
Google, which hides behind the idea that users prefer Google over other search engine alternatives, supports this idea by the fact that the most popular search on Bing is ‘Google’.
“They use it because they want, not because they have to”
According to Bloomberg’s report, an attorney for Alphabet, Google’s parent company; This week, it submitted evidence to the EU General Court that supports the fact that the most popular search on Bing, one of the popular search engines, is actually ‘Google’.
Google intends to use this to prove that users use Google not because it is the default option on their device, but because they prefer it over alternatives.
“We’ve submitted evidence showing that the most common search query on Bing is by far Google,” Alphabet’s attorney, Alfonso Lamadrid, said in a statement. People use Google because they want to, not because they have to. Google’s market share in general search is consistent with consumer surveys showing that 95% of users prefer Google over competing search engines. ” he said.
Google is appealing the penalty:
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine; It is also the default option in the company’s Edge browser, as well as the world’s most popular desktop operating system, Windows.
The EU’s lawsuit against Google ruled that Google was using the search engine “unfairly” on Android phones and compelled its competitors by making it the default option on those devices. Google is currently appealing the $5 billion penalty.
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