Summary:
- Apple is seeking to defend Google's billion-dollar payments to be the default search engine on Apple devices in an ongoing antitrust case against Google.
- The case alleges that Google's payments to Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices is an anticompetitive practice that harms competition in the search engine market.
- Apple argues that the payments it receives from Google are important revenue for the company and that users benefit from having Google as the default search engine on Apple devices.