Google is paying Apple to not get involved in search business, says report

Apple reportedly has an agreement with Google that it will not get involved in the search engine business, which will allow Google to maintain its status quo in the market.

A new class-action lawsuit has revealed that Apple has an agreement with Google that it will not get involved in the search engine business and that its devices will continue to offer Google as the default option in Safari.

The lawsuit, which is against both Apple and Google, claims that these tech companies have a non-compete agreement in terms of search engine business that violates US antitrust laws. While the exact amount that Google pays to Apple is unknown, the lawsuit asserts that it makes multi-billion-dollar payments on an annual basis. A 2020 report from The New York Times did claim that Apple gets an estimated $8-12 billion per year from Google for the same purpose.