Google will pay Apple $ 1 billion in 2014 for the right to be the default search engine in iOS

In the world of corporations, it’s sometimes difficult to make out who is the enemy, friend or partner. Most often, all this is combined. All of the above is true for Google and Apple. Companies are both partners and opponents of each other in a number of lawsuits. Nevertheless, business relations between companies are maintained and even strengthened, and mutually beneficial. So, in 2014, Google will pay about $ 1 billion to Apple Corp. so that the search service of the "good corporation" remains the default search engine in iOS. It is worth noting that in 2009 Google paid for the same right only 82 million dollars.

Of every dollar that Google makes from Google’s search service (ads, plus user data that’s good for the company), Apple gets 75 cents from Google. And the deductible share of profits will only increase due to the increasingly active popularization of iOS.

In addition, Google continues to pay the Mozilla Foundation to be the No. 1 search engine in Firefox. In 2014, Google will pay $ 400 million for this. Good Corporation remains the main financial partner of Mozilla, in any case, this is what follows from the financial statements of the Mozilla Foundation .

It is worth noting that Apple receives more and more money from Google also because Microsoft is trying to promote its own search service, spending significant amounts of money. So, now Bing is the default search service on Nokia and BlackBerry devices. Probably, to shell out a billion dollars for being the default search service in iOS, Microsoft is not ready.



Via techcrunch