Google Pays Apple Billions to Remain Default iPhone Search Engine, Amid Antitrust Concerns

Google pays Apple around $18 billion per year to be the default search engine on Apple devices like iPhones and Macs.

The massive payment keeps Apple from building its own competing search engine.

Microsoft believes the deal is mutually beneficial for Google and Apple.

Google explored undercutting Apple's Spotlight feature to promote Chrome instead.

The deal is central to the US v Google antitrust trial, with the DOJ arguing it is anticompetitive.