DuckDuckGo chief says Google contract stopped deal with Apple

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WASHINGTON: The CEO of privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple about a potential contract failed because of Google\u0027s multibillion dollar deals with the smartphone maker, transcripts of a landmark antitrust trial of the Alphabet unit showed. Gabriel Weinberg, who also founded the

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds her smart phone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Illustration/File PhotoWASHINGTON: The CEO of privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple about a potential contract failed because of Google's multibillion dollar deals with the smartphone maker, transcripts of a landmark antitrust trial of the Alphabet unit showed.

App makers seek to be the default in their area, whether it be search or maps or anything else, because many users are unable or reluctant to change defaults. In those meetings, Weinberg said, Apple executives would bring up the concern that its distribution agreements with Google may bar the change.

 

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