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Ever wondered why your Apple device’s default search engine is always Google? That’s no coincidence – Google Inc reportedly paid a staggering 1 billion US dollars (£700,599,030) to secure a place on your iPhone.
The revelation came during an unrelated court case between Oracle and Google (a copyright dispute over whether Google borrowed Oracle’s Java technology to build Android phones, really riveting stuff). According to Bloomberg News, documents show that Apple paid 1 billion dollars in 2014 to be the default search engine on iPhones. Apple and Google split the profits made on revenue from search ads.
Both Google and Apple desperately tried to get the court to strike the “highly sensitive” details of their search deal from court documents, which clearly reveals the huge financial benefits both companies enjoy every time you absent-mindedly Google something on your phone.
On January 20 Google said in a filing: “The specific financial terms of Google’s agreement with Apple are highly sensitive to both Google and Apple.
“Both Apple and Google have always treated this information as extremely confidential.”
