Google CEO's latest statement: in response to monopoly criticism and acquisition intentions, it also mentioned TikTok

Beijing, September 7 (Xinhua) Sandal Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, attended the World coding Conference held in Los Angeles on Tuesday night local time. At the meeting, he first refuted criticism that Google was anti-competitive, saying the company "supports competition" and cited TikTok, Apple and Microsoft as examples. In addition, he said Google will continue to seek meaningful acquisitions of the company.

"the competition in technology is very fierce, and the rise of TikTok shows not only that there is competition in this field, but also how dynamic the market is compared to last year," said Pichai, who launched Youtube Shorts in response to the impact of TikTok.

When an audience mentioned that Google paid Apple to become the default search engine for its Safari browser, Pichai responded that it was a "standard" deal for which Google competed with other companies.

Pichai also said that Google will continue to seek meaningful acquisitions of the company. He cited Google's acquisition of Fitbit and pointed out that the technology acquired would be applied to Google's upcoming Pixel Watch. He also wore this watch on the stage.

Pichai noted that Google did not consider buying Twitter during Twitter's negotiations with Elon Musk earlier this year, but declined to comment when asked about its interest in acquiring Pinterest.

The US Department of Justice sued Google in 2020 for violating antitrust laws to dominate the search market. In this business, Google's only competitors are Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search. The Justice Department is also preparing to sue Google for illegally dominating the digital advertising market, according to sources.