Google antitrust lawsuit: Why dethroning Google Search is so hard
4 years, 2 months ago

Google antitrust lawsuit: Why dethroning Google Search is so hard

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — If you use the internet, Google is practically inescapable. It’s unclear what consequences the tech giant may face, but US Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on a call with reporters that “nothing is off the table.” But if reining in the Google search juggernaut is the goal, the big question is: Will anything on the table be enough? “Google’s search index contains hundreds of billions of webpages and is well over 100,000,000 gigabytes in size,” the DOJ said in its lawsuit. “If I’m looking for a plumber, I might not want the plumber that has received the most clicks, and Google is not doing that level of quality control that some of these specialized search providers are offering.” The US government might potentially follow Europe’s lead and mandate that Google give users the ability to choose their preferred search engines, as the company did on European Android devices. And coming up with corrective action for Google’s conduct — both in search and more broadly — will be “incredibly difficult,” according to Slaiman.

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Google proposes to loosen default search engine deals with Apple and others in US antitrust case
4 days, 3 hours ago

Google proposes to loosen default search engine deals with Apple and others in US antitrust case

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. The judge found the agreements give Google a "major, largely unseen advantage over its rivals" and result in most devices in the U.S. coming …

Googling is for old people. That’s a problem for Google.
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Googling is for old people. That’s a problem for Google.

Live Mint  

If Google were a ship, it would be the Titanic in the hours before it struck an iceberg—riding high, supposedly unsinkable, and about to encounter a force of nature that could make its name synonymous with catastrophe. The first danger facing Google is clear and present: When people want to search for information or go shopping on the internet, they …

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles
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1 month ago

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles

India TV News  

Efforts by U.S. antitrust regulators to break up Alphabet by forcing a sale of its Google Chrome browser and other proposals to limit its search dominance are likely to run into legal challenges on grounds the remedies are extreme. Google called the DOJ's approach "unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses," giving as examples diminished …

What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google’s search monopoly
1 month ago

What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google’s search monopoly

Associated Press  

U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade. The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google’s business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data …

What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google's search monopoly
1 month ago

What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google's search monopoly

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by …

Google Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Its Search Monopoly
54 years, 11 months ago

Google Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Its Search Monopoly

Wired  

To dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over how Americans search the web, the US Department of Justice wants the tech giant to end its lucrative partnership with Apple, share a trove of proprietary data with competitors and advertisers, and “promptly and fully divest Chrome,” Google’s browser that controls more than half of the US market. On Wednesday, Google president Kent Walker …

Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, US prosecutors argue
1 month ago

Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, US prosecutors argue

Al Jazeera  

The Department of Justice said Google had ‘deprived rivals’ of opportunities to expand their search engine market share. In a court filing on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice argued that Google, which controls about 90 percent of the online search market, should not be allowed to re-enter the browser market for five years and should sell its Android mobile …

US Justice Department Will Push Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
1 month ago

US Justice Department Will Push Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly

Deccan Chronicle  

Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Chrome Access Antitrust enforcers want the judge to order Google to sell off Chrome — the most widely used browser worldwide — because …

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats

Associated Press  

Google's financial performance remains strong despite challenges from AI and regulatory scrutiny. The company's profits and revenue increased due to its moneymaking machine powered by its search engine, but this is primarily attributed to the AI investments. The company is facing legal challenges from the US Department of Justice and Virginia state authorities regarding its search engine and digital advertising …

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
3 months ago

Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google opened its defense against …

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Google’s behaviour anti-competitive, thwarting competition in digital ads'

Hindustan Times  

Google was slammed Friday by U.K. regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its “ad tech” business practices. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said that the U.S. company gives preference to its own services …

Yelp versus Google: An antitrust court fight plays out in San Francisco
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Yelp versus Google: An antitrust court fight plays out in San Francisco

LA Times  

For years, Yelp has complained about Google’s practices, alleging that the tech giant placed its own products above competitors in Google search results. “Google’s conduct has injured Yelp through lower traffic, reduced advertising revenues, raising Yelp’s own costs, and impaired network effects that come with fewer new and returning users,” Yelp said in its lawsuit. It comes weeks after a …

Google's Monopoly In Search Is Coming To An End? OpenAI's Search GPT Poses A Serious Threat To The Tech Giant
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google's Monopoly In Search Is Coming To An End? OpenAI's Search GPT Poses A Serious Threat To The Tech Giant

ABP News  

The days of Google having the monopoly in the market might be getting over sooner than we expected. The tech giant might be facing a huge threat from Sam Altman's OpenAI while it waits for Washington's antitrust regulators' plans to level the playing field in the business of internet search. Reuters quoted Arvind Jain, a former Google engineer who worked …

DC Edit | Google fine: Caveat for Big Tech
4 months, 2 weeks ago

DC Edit | Google fine: Caveat for Big Tech

Deccan Chronicle  

After a six-year-long antitrust lawsuit against Google, a US court declared that Alphabet, Google’s owner, has illegally monopolised the search market through exclusive deals with mobile handset makers. Judge Amit Mehta, who delivered this verdict, said Alphabet paid $26 billion to make its search engine the default option on smartphones and web browsers, and effectively blocked any other competitor from …

A US Judge Ruled That Google Is an Illegal Monopolist. Here's What Might Come Next
54 years, 11 months ago

A US Judge Ruled That Google Is an Illegal Monopolist. Here's What Might Come Next

Wired  

Unbox a new phone in the US and it's almost certain to have Google as the default way to search the web. Federal judge Amit Mehta on Monday ruled in favor of the US Department of Justice that the contracts Google uses to secure that position violate fair competition laws. Mehta scheduled a hearing for September to begin the process …

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating its competitors. Even so, Mehta’s 277-page ruling Monday creates challenges for Google that company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin probably didn’t envision when they set out to revolutionize internet search while attending Stanford University as graduate students. The default option then helped Google …

Google antitrust ruling: A judge said the company is a monopoly, in a blow to the tech industry.
54 years, 11 months ago

Google antitrust ruling: A judge said the company is a monopoly, in a blow to the tech industry.

Slate  

On Monday, a judge ruled that Google holds a monopoly on the markets for online search engines and text-based search advertising services. For more, here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest takeaways from Mehta’s long U.S. v. Google filing: Google Monopolized the Markets The decision found that Google was an effective monopolist in two specific markets, defined by the …

Google has an illegal monopoly for online search, US judge rules in huge blow to tech giant
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google has an illegal monopoly for online search, US judge rules in huge blow to tech giant

Daily Mail  

A US judge on Monday ruled in a landmark anti-trust case that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly with its dominant search engine. Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave testimony during a 10-week trial last year Google's president of global affairs said the company intends to appeal District Court Judge Amrit Mehta's findings. He also pointed out that Mehta concluded Google …

Google Has Acted As A Monopoly, Violated Competition Illegally: US Judge Says About Company's Practices
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Has Acted As A Monopoly, Violated Competition Illegally: US Judge Says About Company's Practices

News 18  

Google has once again made the headlines regarding its search monopoly in the market and how it has been able to pump billions into the segment illegally and push competition way behind. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday ruled that Google had violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to secure exclusive agreements with developers, carriers and equipment …

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, US judge rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, US judge rules

Al Jazeera  

The case depicted Google as a technological bully that methodically thwarted competition to protect its search engine. Google’s search engine processes an estimated 8.5 billion queries every day worldwide, nearly double its daily volume from 12 years ago, according to a recent study by investment firm BOND. Google’s global affairs president, Kent Walker, said the company would appeal the ruling, …

US judge rules Google has a monopoly on search in antitrust case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US judge rules Google has a monopoly on search in antitrust case

ABC  

Google broke the law with its monopoly over online searches and related ads, a federal judge has ruled, marking the US Department of Justice's first victory against a monopoly in over 20 years. Judge Mehta's ruling against Alphabet's major revenue driver paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, such as requiring the company to stop paying …

Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules
54 years, 11 months ago

Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules

Wired  

Google is now 0 for 2 in antitrust trials. United States district judge Amit Mehta ruled on Monday that Google has unlawfully maintained its dominance in search by using anticompetitive deals to keep rivals from gaining traction. “The trial evidence firmly established that Google’s monopoly power, maintained by the exclusive distribution agreements, has enabled Google to increase text ads prices …

Google Loses Massive Antitrust Case Over Search Dominance
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Loses Massive Antitrust Case Over Search Dominance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation, a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies. Google’s search engine processes an estimated 8.5 billion queries per day worldwide, nearly doubling its daily …

Google abused its power to maintain monopoly on search, US court rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google abused its power to maintain monopoly on search, US court rules

The Telegraph  

Google abused its power to maintain an illegal monopoly over the online search market, a US judge has ruled. Kent Walker, president of Google global affairs, said the company planned to appeal and said: “This decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available.” The case was bought …

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge

LA Times  

In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches. “As this process continues, we will remain focused on making products that people find helpful and easy to use.” Regulators alleged that Google maintained a monopoly on web searches by reaching agreements with …

Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Google’s preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit. “It would be an unprecedented decision to punish a company for winning on the merits,” Google’s lawyer, …

Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
54 years, 11 months ago

Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?

Wired  

Microsoft has poured over $100 billion into developing its Bing search engine over the past two decades but has little market share to show for it. Mehta heard closing arguments on Thursday, with government attorneys arguing that without his intervention Google’s dominance would remain in years to come—despite nascent threats from AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Central to the government’s case …

Google is more resilient than its AI stumbles imply
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google is more resilient than its AI stumbles imply

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, saw its share price rise 8% during the first quarter. A trial stemming from the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the company took up several weeks during the fall of 2023, and left Wall Street with a growing worry of a bad outcome that could include steep financial penalties and even a breakup of the …

From ‘Don’t be evil’ to anti-trust: Google turns 25
1 year ago

From ‘Don’t be evil’ to anti-trust: Google turns 25

Hindustan Times  

In 1998, almost a quarter of a century after its founding, Microsoft found itself facing a legal challenge. The hearing for the landmark United States vs Microsoft began in May, with district attorneys challenging the company’s strategy of bundling its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system, making it the default option for users who wanted to surf the …

Google gives Apple 36pc of ad revenue from Safari browser, court hears
1 year, 1 month ago

Google gives Apple 36pc of ad revenue from Safari browser, court hears

The Telegraph  

Google gives Apple a 36pc cut of advertising revenue from its searches made in its Safari browser, a court has heard. The US Department of Justice has accused Google of abusing its dominant position by paying billions to ensure that its search engine remains the default on smartphones and browsers. According to Prof Murphy, Apple receives 36pc of all advertising …

Column: Google’s dominance affects us all. Why is its trial being held in secret?
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Google’s dominance affects us all. Why is its trial being held in secret?

LA Times  

Google: Maker of the best search engine, or just the most popular? Bing’s share is so meager that specialized search providers — think Open Table and TripAdvisor — “have little interest in working with Microsoft, except, perhaps, as an after-thought,” according to the plaintiffs’ pretrial brief. The technical arguments raised at the trial turn on whether Google’s arrangements with the …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends paying Apple and others to make Google search the default on devices
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends paying Apple and others to make Google search the default on devices

The Hindu  

Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’ The Department of Justice contends that Google — a company whose very …

Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’ The Department of Justice contends that Google — a company …

Grandpa Google? Tech giant begins antitrust defense by poking fun at its status among youth
1 year, 1 month ago

Grandpa Google? Tech giant begins antitrust defense by poking fun at its status among youth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top Google executive testified Thursday that the company’s success is precarious and said its leadership fears their product could slide into irrelevance with younger internet users. Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s senior vice president for knowledge and information products, testified for the tech giant as it defends itself in the biggest antitrust trial in the last 25 years. “But …

Google executive defends search quality in US antitrust trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Google executive defends search quality in US antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google called its first witness on Wednesday in a once-in-a-generation U.S. antitrust trial, putting on the witness stand an executive who detailed the vast effort the company puts into ensuring search quality. The Justice Department has called witnesses who testified about Google's payments, billions of dollars annually, to smartphone makers and wireless companies to make Google search the default …

What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits
1 year, 2 months ago

What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

Associated Press  

If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people. If people still choose to use Google, that is at least a consumer choice, which would better than having people stick …

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’
1 year, 2 months ago

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’

Live Mint  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had expressed concerns about the search giant's exclusive partnership with Apple. Google pays the Cupertino-based tech giant billions of dollars to have Google search as the default search engine on all of its devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Pichai, who was in-charge of the company's Chrome browser, had shared his concerns about Google paying …

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial

The Quint  

These battles are nothing new. They revolve around various issues such as antitrust concerns, data privacy, market dominance, and competition. But the fact that regulators have opened the canvas of these fights is interesting because of two reasons: Firstly, it gives a wider opportunity for the regulators to understand the intricacies of the products and solutions in the market and …

Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google as default search engine: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google as default search engine: Report

The Hindu  

Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on its Safari browser but ultimately rejected the idea. The details of talks between Apple and DuckDuckGo and those of Apple’s discussions about buying Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine in 2018 and 2020 were revealed in transcripts unsealed by the judge …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as search engine
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as search engine

The Hindu  

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company's rival programme, Bing. Google's lead litigator John Schmidtlein questioned Mr. Nadella about instances when users switched from Bing to Google even when Microsoft's search engine had default status on their devices — …

Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company’s rival program, Bing. Google’s lead litigator John Schmidtlein questioned Nadella about instances when users switched from Bing to Google even when Microsoft’s search engine had default status on their devices …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to testify in Google antitrust trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to testify in Google antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella is expected to testify on Monday as a witness for the US Justice Department, according to a filing on the docket of its once-in-a generation court fight against Alphabet's Google. The take The government is likely to ask Nadella about Microsoft's efforts to expand the reach of Edge and Bing, its browser and search engine, …

Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Apple was never serious about replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine in Macs and iPhones, but kept the possibility open as a “bargaining chip’’ to extract bigger payments from Google, a Microsoft executive testified Wednesday in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. Analysts estimate Apple collects $15 billion to $20 billion …

Google’s antitrust showdown with US could ‘dramatically change’ competition
1 year, 2 months ago

Google’s antitrust showdown with US could ‘dramatically change’ competition

Al Jazeera  

The case could also impact how new technologies like AI are marketed to consumers, experts said. “Google pays billions of dollars each year to distributors — including popular-device manufacturers such as Apple, LG, Motorola, and Samsung … to secure default status for its general search engine,” the Justice Department’s complaint says. In addition, Cue said that Apple picked Google to …

Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top Apple executive defended the tech giant’s decision to make Google the default search engine on Apple iPhones and Macs, saying there was no “valid alternative.’’ Testifying in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said Tuesday that there wasn’t “anybody as good’’ as Google at helping phone …

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?
1 year, 3 months ago

Who Is Google Actually Hurting?

Slate  

The Department of Justice has taken Google to court, in the most significant antitrust lawsuit to hit in decades. It’s arguing that Google unlawfully struck billion-dollar deals to be the default search engine on smartphone browsers, with executives of Apple expected to testify about the company’s cozy partnership. Advertisers Big and small businesses use Google as a critical bridge to …

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
1 year, 3 months ago

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition

The Hindu  

Appearing in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified Thursday that it was hard for his small search engine company to compete with Google because the powerhouse has deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers to make its product the default search option on so many devices. DuckDuckGo still sells ads, but bases them …

U.S. argues Google wants too much information kept secret in antitrust trial
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. argues Google wants too much information kept secret in antitrust trial

The Hindu  

The US Justice Department on Monday objected to removing the public from the court during some discussions of how Google prices online advertising, one of the issues at the heart of the antitrust trial under way in Washington. "This satisfies public interest because it's at the core of the DOJ case against Google," he said. And sometimes the redactions are …

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 12, Justice Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia started hearing what is being described as the most important case about the future of the Internet. The key allegation against Google is that its “arrangements” with Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices, …

Google gives a glimpse of its defence in once-in-a-generation antitrust trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Google gives a glimpse of its defence in once-in-a-generation antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Search and advertising giant Google gave a glimpse of a main leg of its defence in court on Thursday, through data showing that users happily stick with its search engine when pre-installed on their devices and quickly switch from Bing or others they like less. The government says Google paid $10 billion annually to wireless companies like AT&T, device makers …

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