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Google paid $26 billion in 2021 to become the default search engine on browsers and phones — CNBC

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Google paid $26.3 billion to be the default search engine on mobile phones and web browsers in 2021, according to a slide made public Friday in a federal antitrust trial against the company, writes Lauren Feiner.

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/27/google-paid-26-billion-in-2021-to-become-a-default-search-engine.html

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