It’s Google’s turn in court to defend the huge annual payments it makes to Apple for iPhone search

The DOJ claims that Google’s payments to Apple and Samsung prevent device users from choosing other search engines

Besides accusing Google of paying phone manufacturers to prevent search engine innovations from reaching the public, the DOJ says that Google’s actions have led internet advertising prices to rise through its control over the online auctions used to set these costs. The government claims that Google does this by manipulating how ad buyers and online publishers meet on the advertising platforms.

Changing the default search engine on iOS is quick and easy to do

Jennifer Rie, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst tracking the trial, said that the prosecution did a “solid job.” She went on to add, “One of the toughest hurdles for Google, once it starts its case-in-chief, is reconciling why it pays so much.”

Changing the default search engine on iPhone is a breeze

Changing the search engine on one’s phone is not a complex process, which is an argument Google has made and might make again over the next five weeks as it puts on its defense. Google has blamed Microsoft’s inability to get a larger share of the mobile search market with Bing as “a direct result of Microsoft’s missteps in Internet search.”

To change the default search engine on iOS, go to Settings > Safari > Search Engine. That gives users five search engine options to choose from including Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia. Google is the search option that is selected out of the box, but it shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes to make the change on an iPhone. And that is the point that Google is making which is that the public is more familiar with Google’s search engine and trusts it more than rivals or else users would be taking two minutes out of their day to switch.