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Google turns out to have paid IDR 413 trillion to maintain dominance

Google turns out to have paid IDR 413 trillion to maintain dominance    - Google apparently paid IDR 413 trillion to maintain dominance. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/400tmax - Google apparently paid IDR 413 trillion to maintain dominance. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/400tmax - Google apparently pays a lot of money to be the default search engine on certain platforms. To be precise, they spent USD 26.3 billion or around IDR 413 trillion to become the default search engine on mobile phones and web browsers in 2021, according to slides published in the antitrust case against Google. That figure is an illustration of how much Google pays partners, including Apple, to be the default search engine on their products.  The US Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general argue in the case that Google illegally maintains monopoly power in internet search by leveraging its dominance to crush competitors. It was not stated who Google paid, but Apple is likely the