Apple and Google have a lucrative deal to keep Google as the main search engine of Safari’s web browser. An antitrust lawsuit could end it.
Apple and Google have a lucrative deal to keep Google as the default search engine of Safari’s web browser. However, this agreement might have to end as the Justice Department is holding an antitrust trial focused on the Mountain View company.
Previous reports revealed that Google pays Apple up to $20 billion a year to be the default iPhone search engine. So even though Apple is not on trial, if the DoJ states that Google is illegally maintaining its dominance over the search engine and search advertising markets, this could be bad news for Cupertino.
