Apple exec defends multibillion-dollar Google deal at trial

Cue, Apple's senior vice president of services, said that under their agreement dating back to 2002, the two companies divvy up "net revenue" from Google searches on Apple devices after Google recovers its costs. When asked by Justice Department attorney Meagan Bellshaw if Apple could have walked away from the deal with Google when they were renegotiating terms in 2016, Cue replied: "There wasn't a valid alternative that we could have gone to at the time."