News Summary

• In 2022, Alphabet paid Apple $20 billionThe ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet by the Justice Department has revealed that Google paid Apple a staggering $20 billion in 2022 for default search engine status.
• According to a report from Bloomberg, court documents revealed that Google paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to be the default search engine on Apple platforms.
• One of the biggest issues in question is how much it pays Apple, which was previously estimated to be nearly $20 billion — a figure proven true by a new court filing.
• Google's relationship has been under heavy scrutiny during an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of using its size as an advantage to prevent competitors from entering the search market.
• The $20 billion figure wasn't in Apple or Google's security filings, but it was confirmed by unsealed testimonies.
• Microsoft tried to take over as the default search engine with Bing by offering 90% of its advertising revenue.