Google provides Apple a 36 % reduce of all search advert income that comes from Safari, based on College of Chicago professor Kevin Murphy. Google had fought to maintain the quantity confidential, however Bloomberg stories that Murphy shared the determine whereas testifying in Google’s protection right now on the Google antitrust trial.

Google has lengthy paid to be the default search engine in Safari and different browsers like Firefox, spending $26.3 billion in 2021 alone for the privilege. $18 billion of that went to Apple, however the specifics of the place the quantity got here from remained secret till now. Google has been attempting to maintain such particulars beneath wraps because the trial goes on, however bits and items have seeped out anyway. In line with Bloomberg, Google lawyer John Schmidtlein “visibly cringed when Murphy stated the quantity.” Google declined to remark in an e mail to The Verge; Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Apple’s Eddy Cue defended the deal in September, saying Apple really needed a much bigger reduce of the cash Google makes from Safari site visitors, however the firms settled on the decrease quantity Murphy revealed right now. Whereas particular numbers have been mentioned that day, they have been solely talked about in closed periods, away from the ears of press.

Replace November thirteenth, 4:38PM ET: Up to date to replicate that Google had no remark.