Google Pays Apple Billions to Remain Default iPhone Search Engine, Amid Antitrust Concerns
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Google pays Apple around $18 billion per year to be the default search engine on Apple devices like iPhones and Macs.
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The massive payment keeps Apple from building its own competing search engine.
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Microsoft believes the deal is mutually beneficial for Google and Apple.
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Google explored undercutting Apple's Spotlight feature to promote Chrome instead.
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The deal is central to the US v Google antitrust trial, with the DOJ arguing it is anticompetitive.
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