Google to pay some US$15bil to stay as default search engine for iPhones, Macs


Google used to be the default search engine on the iPhone when the device first launched in 2007. In 2012 Bing became the default search engine on iOS and macOS only to be replaced by Google in 2017. And that’s how things have remained since. — AFP Relaxnews

Google and Microsoft have both been racing to place their search engines as default on both iOS and macOS and the competition is heating up.

According to reports, Google has drastically increased its payments to Apple to place it as the default search engine on Safari in iOS and macOS. This information comes via a note from Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi which was first published by Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Apple 3.0.

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