“In November, lawsuit documents indicated that Google was paying 36 percent of the total revenue that it earns from searches conducted on Safari, and now it turns out that equates to $20 billion.”
Google paid Apple $20 billion in one year to stay the default box in Safari. Eddy Cue says Apple picks Google because Apple has “always thought it was the best.” Twenty billion dollars says Apple never had to think about it. Satya Nadella testified the deal made it impossible for Bing to compete. That is the product Apple is selling.