Google is currently in a court battle against EU antitrust regulators trying to overturn its record-breaking $5 billion fine. According to Bloomberg, the company’s lawyer, Alfonso Lamadrid, argues that the reason so many people use Google is by choice, not force.
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Back in 2018, the European Union ordered Google to pay a 4.3 billion Euro (about $5 billion) fine and change the way the company puts its search and Chrome apps on Android devices. The European Commission stated that Google forces companies to carry its search app in an attempt to squeeze out rivals and build a near-monopoly.
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