Steve Jobs, Ex Chairman and CEO of Apple had claimed that Google's Android Operating System is a stolen product from Apple iPad. According to his biographer, he further wished to spend last of his fortune in fighting Google against the stolen product (Android). Erick Schmidt was a director at Apple, and later resigned from Apple's post while he was the CEO of Google.
Webmasters widely believe that Google Search is highly manipulated to benefit corporate interests. See the threads below:
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Only time will tell!