The continuing antitrust trial over Google’s dominance within the search enterprise noticed Eddy Cue, who leads Apple’s companies division, testifying in a Washington district court docket. Cue defended Apple’s choice to set Google Search because the default search engine on Apple merchandise, arguing that there was no “legitimate various.”
The deal between Google and Apple is on the coronary heart of the antitrust case in opposition to Google, because it makes Google the default search engine on all Apple gadgets and pays Apple billions of {dollars} yearly. Cue testified as a witness within the case.
Smartphones bought within the US, like iPhones and Androids, include Google search pre-installed because the default engine, facilitating about 90 per cent of search queries of all searches on the web, elevating issues about market dominance and competitors limitations.
Cue spills beans over Apple’s and Google’s “internet income” settlement
In the course of the ongoing antitrust lawsuit, Apple’s senior vice chairman of companies, Eddy Cue, confirmed that Apple and Google have an settlement relationship again to 2002 by which they share the “internet income” generated from Google searches on Apple gadgets after Google recovers its prices.
The deal started in 2003, with Google’s search engine out there on Mac’s Safari browser for gratis. Income-sharing was later added, with Apple incomes 50 per cent of advert income from Safari searches, after which after a decade, the fee was lowered to 40 per cent. Till now, Google has paid Apple $19B yearly to make its search engine the default on Apple gadgets.
When questioned by Justice Division legal professional Meagan Bellshaw, Cue acknowledged, “There wasn’t a sound various that we may have gone to on the time.”
Cue negotiated the cope with Google in 2016, which is in place until now. In the course of the renegotiation, Apple aimed for the next proportion of income from Google, in accordance with Cue. They ultimately agreed on a unique quantity, which stays undisclosed, and Google has been paying that quantity since
Justice Division lawyer Meagan Bellshaw requested Eddy Cue if he would have walked away from the Google deal if they may not agree on a income share. “I all the time felt prefer it was in Google’s finest curiosity, and our greatest curiosity, to get a deal achieved,” stated Cue. He additionally acknowledged that there was no legitimate various to Google on the time and there nonetheless is not one.
Google’s search engine is the very best, argues Cue
In the course of the trial, Cue was proven three iPhone setup course of screenshots by Bellshaw. Cue objected to all these items being a part of the setup course of, however Bellshaw argued that search might be one of many selections supplied to customers. Cue agreed that the ISA didn’t allow Apple to supply search engine selections throughout setup. “We make Google be the default search engine,,” he stated, “as a result of we have all the time thought it was the very best. We select the very best one and let customers simply change it.”
Bellshaw requested Cue how Apple decided that Google had the very best product. Cue affirmed the significance of person privateness and acknowledged Apple’s criticism of Google’s privateness insurance policies. A provision of the ISA with Google was that customers may search with out logging in. Apple has taken steps to make it more durable for Google or anybody else to trace customers, seemingly referring to the App Monitoring Transparency.
Google and Safari – a match made in heaven?
Google lawyer John Schmidtlein and Eddy Cue mentioned the Google-Apple partnership and Safari’s historical past. Cue praised Safari’s integration with Google and its progressive person interface, which mixed the URL and search bar. Schmidtlein agreed that Google’s success in Safari was because of its superior product built-in seamlessly with Apple’s choices.
Earlier than Cue’s public testimony, Apple’s AI head John Giannandrea, was referred to as within the court docket, although his testimony was partly achieved behind closed doorways following protests from transparency activists.
The deal between Google and Apple is on the coronary heart of the antitrust case in opposition to Google, because it makes Google the default search engine on all Apple gadgets and pays Apple billions of {dollars} yearly. Cue testified as a witness within the case.
Smartphones bought within the US, like iPhones and Androids, include Google search pre-installed because the default engine, facilitating about 90 per cent of search queries of all searches on the web, elevating issues about market dominance and competitors limitations.
Cue spills beans over Apple’s and Google’s “internet income” settlement
In the course of the ongoing antitrust lawsuit, Apple’s senior vice chairman of companies, Eddy Cue, confirmed that Apple and Google have an settlement relationship again to 2002 by which they share the “internet income” generated from Google searches on Apple gadgets after Google recovers its prices.
The deal started in 2003, with Google’s search engine out there on Mac’s Safari browser for gratis. Income-sharing was later added, with Apple incomes 50 per cent of advert income from Safari searches, after which after a decade, the fee was lowered to 40 per cent. Till now, Google has paid Apple $19B yearly to make its search engine the default on Apple gadgets.
When questioned by Justice Division legal professional Meagan Bellshaw, Cue acknowledged, “There wasn’t a sound various that we may have gone to on the time.”
Cue negotiated the cope with Google in 2016, which is in place until now. In the course of the renegotiation, Apple aimed for the next proportion of income from Google, in accordance with Cue. They ultimately agreed on a unique quantity, which stays undisclosed, and Google has been paying that quantity since
Justice Division lawyer Meagan Bellshaw requested Eddy Cue if he would have walked away from the Google deal if they may not agree on a income share. “I all the time felt prefer it was in Google’s finest curiosity, and our greatest curiosity, to get a deal achieved,” stated Cue. He additionally acknowledged that there was no legitimate various to Google on the time and there nonetheless is not one.
Google’s search engine is the very best, argues Cue
In the course of the trial, Cue was proven three iPhone setup course of screenshots by Bellshaw. Cue objected to all these items being a part of the setup course of, however Bellshaw argued that search might be one of many selections supplied to customers. Cue agreed that the ISA didn’t allow Apple to supply search engine selections throughout setup. “We make Google be the default search engine,,” he stated, “as a result of we have all the time thought it was the very best. We select the very best one and let customers simply change it.”
Bellshaw requested Cue how Apple decided that Google had the very best product. Cue affirmed the significance of person privateness and acknowledged Apple’s criticism of Google’s privateness insurance policies. A provision of the ISA with Google was that customers may search with out logging in. Apple has taken steps to make it more durable for Google or anybody else to trace customers, seemingly referring to the App Monitoring Transparency.
Google and Safari – a match made in heaven?
Google lawyer John Schmidtlein and Eddy Cue mentioned the Google-Apple partnership and Safari’s historical past. Cue praised Safari’s integration with Google and its progressive person interface, which mixed the URL and search bar. Schmidtlein agreed that Google’s success in Safari was because of its superior product built-in seamlessly with Apple’s choices.
Earlier than Cue’s public testimony, Apple’s AI head John Giannandrea, was referred to as within the court docket, although his testimony was partly achieved behind closed doorways following protests from transparency activists.