Feng Huang Wang·2025-09-02 23:10Core Insights - A U.S. judge ruled on a remedy for the Google antitrust case, allowing Google to maintain its lucrative default search agreement with Apple, generating approximately $20 billion annually for Apple [1] - The judge emphasized that cutting off Google's payments could have significant negative impacts on distribution partners, related markets, and consumers, thus a comprehensive payment ban is not advisable [1] Group 1: Company Impact - Apple's stock rose by 4.3% in after-hours trading, reaching $239.50, despite a year-to-date decline of 8.3% [2] - Google's stock also saw an increase, with an after-hours peak gain of 8.7% [2] Group 2: Regulatory Context - The judge's ruling allows Google to pay browser developers like Apple for default search engine fees while requiring these companies to promote alternative search engines [1] - Apple has positioned Google as the primary search engine in its Safari browser, but users can switch to alternatives like Microsoft Bing and DuckDuckGo [1]