Apple executive Eddy Cue is expected to testify that the company has no plans to create an "Apple Search" engine because its agreement with Google is best for users. According to previous reports, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of services, will testify as a witness in the U.S. antitrust trial against Google. He will also defend Apple's deal with Google before appearing in court.
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Cue is expected to tell a federal court that Apple will not create a competing search engine, despite multiple rumors. Sources familiar with Cue's expected testimony said that Apple saw no reason to develop an "Apple search engine" because Google, which is good enough to use, already exists. This is also consistent with what Tim Cook said about Google in 2018, "I think their search engine is the best."
Eddy Cue was the negotiator for the deal between Google and Apple. CNBC said that although the details have not been made public, it is estimated that Google will pay up to $19 billion this year to continue to be the default search engine on the iPhone.
Cue's testimony came in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google. Apple is not involved in the case, but Cue and other Apple executives have been called to testify.
Controversially, Apple has filed a confidentiality protest after Justice Department lawyer Kenneth Dintzer allegedly shared information about trade secrets in a public phone call.
The trial is expected to last ten weeks.