Sundar Pichai's Google pays Tim Cook's Apple a whopping 36% of search revenue it gets when people use Safari — ouch.

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Ole-Martin

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Google pays Apple 36% of the search revenue it gets when people use the Safari browser. Google reportedly paid Apple $18 billion in 2021 just to be the default search engine on Apple devices. Chrome is far more popular than the Apple-owned Safari, especially on desktop computers.

So that's why Google wants you to use Chrome on your iPhone so badly