Google provides Apple a 36 p.c reduce of all search advert income that comes from Safari, in line with College of Chicago professor Kevin Murphy. Google had fought to maintain the quantity confidential, however Bloomberg reports that Murphy shared the determine whereas testifying in Google’s protection right this moment on the Google antitrust trial.
Google has lengthy paid to be the default search engine in Safari and different browsers like Firefox, spending $26.3 billion in 2021 alone for the privilege. $18 billion of that went to Apple, however the specifics of the place the quantity got here from remained secret till now. Google has been making an attempt to keep such details under wraps because the trial goes on, however bits and items have seeped out anyway. In accordance with Bloomberg, Google lawyer John Schmidtlein “visibly cringed when Murphy mentioned the quantity.” Google declined to remark in an e mail to The Verge; Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Apple’s Eddy Cue defended the deal in September, saying Apple truly wished an even bigger reduce of the cash Google makes from Safari site visitors, however the firms settled on the decrease quantity Murphy revealed right this moment. Whereas particular numbers have been mentioned that day, they have been solely talked about in closed periods, away from the ears of press.
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