According to an analyst, Google Pays Apple $18 to $20 billion per year to be the default search on Apple Safari on the iPhone, and the analyst believes the deal is at risk.

Google is facing an antitrust case over claims it monopolizes search and search advertising.

One of the major interest areas in the case, which started last month, is the Information Services Agreement (ISA) between Apple and Google. In the trial it is being highlighted as one of the primary examples of anticompetitive behaviour.

A ruling in the Google antitrust case isn't imminent; it'll be more likely 2024 before that happens, and then of course there is the lengthy appeals process which can be expected to extend proceedings. Yet the economic impact on Apple is "unlikely to be onerous."

[theregister.com...]