Google pays Apple $1 billion: just to stay on the iPhone

According to foreign reports, according to Oracle's v. Google infringement file, in order to continue to retain the search box on the iPhone, Google signed a revenue sharing agreement with Apple and paid the latter $1 billion. In fact, it has been one of the topics of concern in the industry about how much Google paid to Apple and let Google search boxes remain on the iPhone. Google pays Apple $1 billion (picture from Sina)

According to evidence provided by Oracle, Google paid $1 billion to Apple in 2014. According to an agreement between Google and Apple, the latter will receive a share of search advertising revenue generated by 1% of Apple devices. In response to this news, Apple spokesman Kristin Huguet and Google spokesperson Aaron Stein declined to comment on the report.

However, Google’s defense lawyer denied the information disclosed by Oracle and asked the judge to ban the plaintiff’s lawyer from mentioning 34% of the data. Google’s lawyer, Robert Van Nest, said, “This data is just a summary of the data and should be sealed up. We are talking about assumptions, it’s not public data.” Google’s defense lawyer also said "The revenue sharing agreement between Google and Apple is highly sensitive to both companies. The two companies have been trying to protect this data."

The revenue sharing agreement between Google and Apple indicates that Google must make every effort to ensure that users continue to use their search tools on mobile devices. It also shows that although Apple CEO Tim Cook has been publicly criticizing Google's advertising business model for infringement privacy, the company still benefits from Google's business.

In addition, Oracle lawyers also released evidence that the Android operating system has generated $31 billion and profits as high as $22 billion. Google launched the Android operating system in 2008. Although Google has not charged Android device manufacturers any fees, Android can make money for Google in two ways: one is to display Google-provided ads on Android devices; the other is to sell through app stores. Ads and apps earn revenue.