Google found to have illegal monopoly on search engines 01:54

Now on Drive. Good old Charlie Brown. Now at Harvey Norman, up to 20% off Acer and Lenovo laptops, desktops and all-in-one computers. Harvey Norman, best brands, best range, best prices, guaranteed. Well, did you see that a US federal judge ruled that Google has violated US antitrust laws effectively?

It's operating in a legal monopoly when it comes to search engines. Google. Well, Charlie Brown, our resident tech expert, he's the host of Lifetime Technology right here on 2GB, and he joins me live. Charlie, Google, a monopoly. Who would have thought? Yeah, the US antitrust guys ran this case against Google. It started during the Trump administration when he was president, and the judge just handed down his opinion this week. It's a big deal, Chris, because...

When, for example, you buy an iPhone and you look at the default search engine, the search engine that's there when you start using it, you can change it, but it's always Google as the search engine. And that's because Google pays Apple billions of dollars for the privilege. Now, that is all part of the reason why this judge said that they've got a monopoly and he said it's not a good thing for competition.

Google is going to appeal. The White House said it's a good thing for everybody, and we'll wait till the next round. What's on the show tomorrow? We're going to talk with the guys from Xiaomi, third biggest mobile phone company in the world, is now here selling in Australia. We'll talk about what they're going to offer phone customers, plus the 3G shutdown.

We're about to see Telstra say goodbye to 3G and then Optus. We will go through the last you need to know tomorrow on the program. Good on you, Charlie. We'll be listening. That's Charlie Brown. You can catch him from 8am tomorrow morning right here on 2GB Life and Technology.