Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s senior vice president of services Eddy Cue is set to testify in the Google antitrust trial brought by the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, the second Apple executive to make an appearance in the trial as it enters its third week.
According to a Bloomberg report citing sources with knowledge of the matter, Cue will tell the Justice Department that the company never made its own search engine because Google is the best option, which is why Apple sets it as the default option on its devices.
Apple AI head and former Google executive John Giannandrea also testified in the trial last week, but most of his testimony took place in a closed courtroom.
From the about 15 minutes of testimony that were made public, Giannandrea said Apple’s browser did not favor Google as much as the Justice Department suggested.
In its case against Google, the Justice Department alleges that the company has manipulated the market to maintain dominance in the search engine arena.
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)-owned Google argues that the quality of its search engine, not its partnerships with Apple and other phone makers and communications providers, has contributed to its market dominance.
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