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> Didn't Apple say that 1) they weren't interested in being in the Search Engine business 2) (in testimony) Google was by far the best search engine that they were going to use anyway ?

Aren't Apple getting 20 bln annually to say that? Google search quality has deteriorated drastically in the last decade, as evidenced by the court and numerous HN threads.

> but knowing Apple's negotiation tactics they could also have used their weigh

These two megacorps are parts of the duopoly and have no incentive to change that.