SAN FRANCISCO — An antitrust suit filed Thursday against Google accuses the company of illegally monopolizing the search feature on smartphones.According to the complaint, Google Inc. entered into secret agreements with Android smartphone and tablet manufacturers, allowing the companies to load Google apps only if they made Google the default search provider on those devices.
“By way of Google’s coercive and exclusionary practice with Android OS device manufacturers such as Samsung and HTC, Google restrains and quashes competition for default search engine status before it even can begin,” attorneys with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro wrote.
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