A federal judge ruled that Google can no longer pay Apple and other companies billions of dollars in exclusive distribution deals to make its search engine the default option on their devices, according to news reports on Monday.
The ruling, part of the government’s landmark antitrust case against Google-parent Alphabet, stopped short of ordering a breakup of Google, but nonetheless represents one of the government’s most drastic efforts in decades to curb the power of a monopoly.
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