Govt lead lawyer John Schmidtlein, left, arrives at court in Google antitrust case, Washington DC, 2023. Image: Getty
Q1. Earlier this week, federal judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google engaged in illegal practices to preserve its search engine monopoly by paying billions of dollars to operators of web browsers and phone manufacturers to be their default search engine.
In 2022, Google paid Apple $20b to maintain its default status on Apple devices. Google's annual search advertising revenue is $300b, and Apple's total annual revenue is $380b.
Do you agree with the Judge Mehta's decision?
In 2022, Google paid Apple $20b to maintain its default status on Apple devices. Google's annual search advertising revenue is $300b, and Apple's total annual revenue is $380b.
Do you agree with the Judge Mehta's decision?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
78%
74%
82%
75%
78%
81%
76%
71%
83%
81%
No
8%
11%
5%
10%
8%
6%
12%
9%
5%
7%
Don't know
13%
14%
12%
14%
12%
12%
12%
20%
10%
10%
Don't care
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
0%
0%
2%
2%
Q2. Among the remedies the judge may impose, is a ban on payments Google can make to Apple and other phone providers to be the default search engine.
What do you think about such a ban? (check all that apply. Note: Google currently executes 90% of the world's internet searches)
What do you think about such a ban? (check all that apply. Note: Google currently executes 90% of the world's internet searches)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Would be fair to Google
48%
46%
51%
42%
56%
53%
61%
55%
39%
43%
Unfair
11%
16%
7%
14%
13%
7%
10%
16%
9%
9%
Would be fair to Apple
47%
44%
48%
41%
49%
52%
64%
51%
36%
42%
Unfair
11%
15%
7%
14%
11%
7%
4%
20%
10%
7%
Would reduce Google's search dominance
73%
70%
75%
75%
71%
70%
67%
69%
75%
78%
Increase
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
None of these
5%
6%
4%
4%
4%
6%
11%
6%
3%
2%
Don't know
13%
15%
12%
15%
12%
11%
13%
16%
12%
12%
Don't care
2%
3%
1%
2%
3%
2%
0%
1%
3%
3%
Q3. Google has held near total dominance on internet searches for about 20 years. Why do you think that is? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
It's the best search engine
32%
37%
28%
21%
36%
43%
53%
31%
26%
26%
It paid to reduce competition
72%
71%
72%
73%
74%
69%
69%
72%
73%
72%
People are creatures of habit
74%
78%
70%
75%
73%
74%
85%
82%
70%
60%
Other
6%
6%
4%
4%
9%
7%
4%
7%
8%
2%
Don't know
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
2%
0%
Don't care
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
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