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Google, which started paying for default status on devices in 2005, monitored for compliance. At one point, the company expressed concern to Apple that its Safari browser would send particular queries, especially lucrative ones, to companies like Amazon.com.Under cross-examination, Pichai said of Google’s tens of billions in annual payments for default status: “We definitely see value.”
“We pay for preload exclusivity on a device-by-device basis,” Pichai said under questioning by the Justice Department. “They were not that incented to improve the browser,” he added, calling Chrome a “pretty dramatic improvement” when it launched in 2008.
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