Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

Google’s sizeable payments for Safari defaults could be ending.

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Apple seeks search partner, must have $20 billion

If this penalty sticks, Apple could be looking for a new suitor. Something has to be the default search provider in Safari and other Apple products.

Does something really have to replace it? Why not a menu of options? Make the user choose something. If they choose Google, great! If they choose DDG, fantastic! Whatever it is, make it a choice.
- Yes something has, they need their moneyss.
- Wait hasn’t DDG been the default in Safari for a few years now?
  
  No, that's like, the entire point of the article.
  
  Users can choose it, but it isn’t the default
This is going to affect Firefox a lot more than it will affect Apple. At least Apple have options to shift money around. Firefox doesn't.
Shit, how much is Google spending on these deals??
- The google annual cost to have Google as default search on iPhone is north of 20b, hence the number in the article headline. They also pay lots to Mozilla and others.
  
  Yup, hundreds of millions to Mozilla.
- In 2021, according to internet, they paid $26.3 billion to be the default search engine on phones and browsers.
  
  So assuming those are not long term deals they are probably over $30 billion now.

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Apple seeks search partner, must have $20 billion