--- title: The £20 Billion Handshake | daily.dev description: Google pays Apple $20 billion annually to remain the default search engine on iOS, a deal exposed during the DOJ antitrust trial that found Google an illegal... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cvo9k73kl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The £20 Billion Handshake | daily.dev og:description: Google pays Apple $20 billion annually to remain the default search engine on iOS, a deal exposed during the DOJ antitrust trial that found Google an illegal... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cvo9k73kl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cvO9K73KL.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The £20 Billion Handshake **[Smarter Articles](https://daily.dev/sources/smarterarticles)** · [@rawveg](https://daily.dev/rawveg) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google pays Apple $20 billion annually to remain the default search engine on iOS, a deal exposed during the DOJ antitrust trial that found Google an illegal monopolist. The piece examines how AI is disrupting this model: Apple now also partners with OpenAI (no cash changes hands, just distribution), Microsoft invested billions in OpenAI to power Bing, and generative AI search grew 525% in 2024. AI Overviews reduce click-through rates by 34.5%, threatening the ad-click revenue model. The September 2025 ruling banned exclusive search contracts but allowed continued payments with genuine user choice. European DMA enforcement added fines and data-sharing mandates. Smaller players like DuckDuckGo depend on Bing infrastructure and can't match hyperscaler compute access. Publisher licensing deals (News Corp, AP, FT) are creating a new content economy. The piece concludes that platform power, not just technology merit, will determine winners in the AI search era. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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