Apple Was Paid A Mammoth $20 Billion In 2022 To Keep Google’s Search Engine As Default On Its Devices

Google continues to throw away hefty sums in Apple’s direction just to keep its search engine the default one on the technology giant’s devices. In an ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet by the U.S. Justice Department, it was revealed that the advertising behemoth paid Apple $20 billion in 2022. The $20 billion sum paid by Google to Apple was not mentioned in either of the company’s security filings, but the information came from elsewhere Court documents revealed that Google paid Apple billions to keep its search engine as default two years ago. Interestingly, Bloomberg reports that the $20 billion figure […]

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