Apple: It's 'Wrong' to Assume We'd Want to Create Our Own Search Engine

As we await a judge's ruling on the penalties that will be applied to Google following the landmark court ruling that the company had maintained an illegal monopoly in online search, we're learning more about Apple's role in what might come next.

Google has long provided the default search engine in Safari, Apple's web browser, paying Apple a percentage of the revenue generated by Google searches originating on Apple iPhones, iPads, Macs and other devices -- an arrangement that in 2022 amounted to $20 billion, according to a court declaration filed on Dec. 23 by Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of services.

 A change to that relationship is one potential outcome of the Google antitrust case. 

But in his declaration, Cue took issue with proposed remedies that he said would interfere with Apple's ability to deliver products that best serve its users.

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