Google: “billion and 34%” or how much it costs to be a search engine for Apple

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    Two “big” news came to us from across the ocean , both related to the activities of the world's largest search engine - Google.

    The hottest and most piquant news that the company's lawyers tried to actively hide during the ongoing lawsuit between Google and Oracle (the latter claims to the court that Java was used in Android “unlicensed” and the damage costs $ 1 billion), is the fact that by the end of 2014 Google transferred to Apple the notorious $ 1 billion for using Alphabet's search engine as the default search on Apple devices.

    34% - this is precisely the share of search profit that was featured in the agreement between the two companies that surfaced during the judicial debate of the parties. It’s not entirely clear what kind of percentage this is: obtained by Apple or remaining in Google, but one third of the revenue is quite significant.

    Lawyers for both companies petitioned the court to exclude this figure from the published information as “hypothetical”. In a petition, Google states that this information can greatly affect current and future agreements with other companies.

    Both companies declined to comment on Bloomberg this information.

    The second news, a little less intriguing, but no less large, concerns Google’s income from owning the Android ecosystem, its origin is similar - Oracle is trying to put pressure on the giant with all its might, showing the court and the public the proportions of Google’s income and deductions, one way or another, related to Android . The mouthpiece is again Bloomberg.

    It turns out that since the launch of the mobile platform (2009), total revenue exceeded $ 31 billion, and the company's profit was at least $ 22 billion.

    A request to remove this information from transcripts and case files was submitted by Google and supported by Apple.

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