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[ad_1] Google pays as much as $10 billion per year to ensure that users access the internet through its search engine — payments that have blocked startups and fellow tech giants Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. from competing, according to the US Justice Department.This week, federal enforcers will rest their antitrust case against Alphabet Inc.'s search engine, the biggest tech monopoly case since Microsoft in the 1990s. The move marks the halfway point in the 10-week trial, after which Google gets to present a defense against the allegations and perhaps explain why it pays rivals to use the search technology it argues is simply superior. Judge Amit Mehta isn't expected to issue a decision until next year, though any resolution to the case is expected to drag out for years with appeals ...