Apple updates iOS to enable billions to switch off Google

A bombshell today as Apple reveals this week's iOS update included a tool for half the world's web users to switch from Google in a click

One of Apple’s most powerful execs today just told the antitrust trial that the latest iPhone update enables users to switch off Google in a click

John Giannandrea, who was once a VP of search at Google, said iOS 17 released Monday, has “a setting, so you could choose two different” search engines.

Google’s multi-billion deal to be default search on Apple is exhibit #1 in the Department of Justice case that the search giant has an illegal monopoly over rivals.

Giannandrea dropped the bombshell in testimony at the federal court in Washington, and the implications for Google are huge.

Google relies on Apple for half of its search traffic and half the $160 billion it earns in search advertising.

Last week, the court heard “Apple devices generate about half of Google’s revenue.” The default accounts for 50 per cent of Google searches, and Google handles “about 90%” of search queries supporting $160 billion in advertising revenue. Read more

The announcement comes a week after Apple made it cle…