Sorry, my bad I forgot to add the [0] reference: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/27/google-could-pay-apple-...

(repeating that this is an analyst estimate/rumour so take it with a grain of salt).

Thanks to analyst and Macrumors continue to pump out and report BS the internet has never educated people on any issues. Although I dont doubt this could be the usual Apple PR play when they intend to negotiate a new deal with Google. As they have done so in the past 5-10 years with Qualcomm, Broadcom, Google, Intel etc.

To add some useful information to HN readers, Google has been paying roughly $10 per user to Apple for the past 8 years. So the growth of Google Default Search Engine placement has been growing steadily with Apple's active user. This exclude regions which does not use Google as Default Search Engine.

Unless there are dramatic changes in Google traffic accusation cost in their Quarterly report or going to make a change in 2022 ( Which I am not aware of ), that rumour is completely baseless.

Well the $12-10Bn are confirmed due to court documents, so assuming it grew in 2022 is not that wrong. What are a couple of billions here and there anyway :)

It’s proportional to Google ad revenue, which has grown a lot since 2020

If I remember correctly the notion of Google Sharing Ad revenue with Apple came from Oracle in a trial and was never proven. Not to mention the number dont add up from 2014 - 2019. We will see how this play out once we have Google's number from quarterly report.