In anticipation of the decision of the judges, the new details are emerging about the agreement in the many years to be signed by Apple and Google. The documents in connection with proceedings in the ongoing antitrust indicate that the company's Mountain View paid $ 20 billion in the year 2022, to be the engine of the research and designed the Safari. The amount is much higher than that paid off in 2021.
Google guarantees that it returns to the big Apple's
The us department of Justice accusing Google a monopoly in the market and the engines of the research. In this position, the dominant will be managed and strengthened through the arrangement of the various commercial manufacturers of smartfonëve, and the houses of the software. During the trial, which lasted for about two months (sep-nov-2023), the attorneys for the u.s. government highlighted especially the partnership between Apple and Google.
An executive in a company in Mountain View revealed that the expenditures for the year 2021, were 23.6 billion dollars. The largest part, or about 18 billion dollars, was paid by Apple to set Google as well as the engine the default search.
A witness later, it was reported that Google paid Apple for 36% of the advertising revenue that is gained when the users use the search engine in Safari. The documents are made public, it turns out that this ratio corresponds to the $ 20 billion in the year 2022.
There's more information and other important documents. Payments are made by Google, in 2020, representing 17.5% of the revenue to Apple. The agreement between the two companies is effective from the year 2002 and it is a rinegociuar a couple of times. Microsoft offered up to 90% of the revenue from the ads in order to convince Apple to use Bing, but to no avail..
Closing words of the judgment, it will be displayed within the weekend. A decision is expected by the end of year 2024. In the event of a loss, the Google will almost certainly need to cancel the agreement with Apple. The company's Cupertino, allows users in the european, to choose their search engine, as defined by the Markets, the Digital.
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