Apple shares rise after decision in Google antitrust case
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Apple Park Campus in Cupertino, California on June 9, 2025.
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Apple A federal judge increased more than 3% in the extended transaction on Tuesday Alphabet You can continue to pay Google search to the iPhone in advance.
Although Apple was not a party in the search Monopoly, the judge was thinking of solutions that would prevent Google from paying billions of annually, and solutions that would prevent the default search engine in the safari browser in iPhone, Mac and iPads.
“Google, Google Search, Chrome or Genai products to pay or place the distribution partners to pay or offer any other issue in the decision of the judge Amit Mehta.”
“The payments made from Google will almost absolutely absolutely – in some cases, disability – distribution partners, relevant markets and a wide payment ban will significantly impose consumers consumers.”
The turning point focused on Google’s general search market, Google’s violations to the Sherman Law, and the obstacles to the entrance of the search engine.
However, the judge said that Google’s search engine or important applications on the devices will be prohibited from entering or maintaining any “any special contract” on predetermination, and Google search or status income sharing agreements about the adoption of other Google applications or services can not combine android services.
The decision said that Apple’s agreement with Google is the default search engine, because Google made up Google as an out -of -box search engine.
However, Mehta, while putting restrictions on Google to get their products exclusively distributed, fell less than prohibiting these payments, and the two companies have left the possibility of making a new agreement. Solutions will limit any income sharing agreement to one year, in accordance with Ministry of Justice.
Apple did not respond immediately for a comment request.
“Now the Court has brought limits about how we distribute Google services and will require us to share the search data with competitors,” Google He said in a blog post. “We have concerns about how these requirements will affect our users and privacy and we are examining the decision closely.”
The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Google in 2020, claiming that Google’s share of the general search market by establishing strong obstacles for competitors such as default search agreements. The US Regional Court in Washington decided last August that Google had violated the 2nd episode of the Sherman Law. Apple’s Software and Services Senior Vice President Eddy Cue testified about potential solutions on behalf of Google.
Tuesday’s filing, the judge for the first time the proposed solutions were detailed.
Analysts said that Apple had to make changes in response to a Google suit decision before. Google said it would object to the decision, and analysts say that any remedy can take up to two years. Google may also object to the outcome of the solutions case and the Supreme Court can choose to take a look at it when objections are exhausted.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) listen to US President Joe Biden, on June 23, 2023 Washington, DC, the White House in the eastern room of the American and Indian business leaders speaking during a round table.
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Default agreements
While the most important and largest “assumed contract” agreement is related to Apple, while making a contract with companies such as Google, Samsung and Mozilla, such as Mozilla, such as Mozilla. According to the documents, Google paid a total of 26 billion dollars to all partners in 2021. It was discussed in court.
Google is critical to the growth of Apple’s service business, which is growing to traffic from Apple’s 1 billion iPhone to the search engine, because it is much more profitable than hardware sales.
In addition to undergraduate payments, Apple says Google is the best search engine and its priority is to offer the best tools to its customers.
Apple also has options if Google cannot make the assumed search engine. For example, earlier this year, Apple’s sign, as a witness to Google in court, the iPhone manufacturer is planning to add AI search engines to the software as an option, he said.
“CUE’s statement, Google’s high -income stock payments Apple’s safari browser to try to capture all the advertising rents flowing from the default search box for him.”
Apple’s income from Google is reported as a part of the company’s service business, as well as advertising revenue, which is also reported as part of the service business, including Applecare guarantees, cloud services such as iCloud, and digital content such as Apple Music.
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