Apple seeks to defend Google’s multibillion-dollar default search payments
Apple has requested to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trial concerning online search. Apple stated it cannot depend on Google to adequately defend the revenue-sharing agreements that generate billions of dollars annually for Apple by making Google the default search engine on Safari.
Apple does not plan to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet’s Google, whether or not the payments continue, the company’s lawyers said in court papers, opens new tab filed in Washington on Monday. Apple received an estimated $20 billion from its agreement with Google in 2022 alone.
Apple wants to call witnesses to testify at an April trial. Prosecutors will seek to show Google must take several measures, including selling its Chrome web browser and potentially its Android operating system, to restore competition in online search.
“Google can no longer adequately represent Apple’s interests: Google must now defend against a broad effort to break up its business units,” Apple said.
MacDailyNews Take: $20+ billion annually, it’s worth a shot.
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