Author:  Alex Lee, Affiliation:  VBNN Group Ajman UAE Published in U7Y Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566744 © 2025 U7Y Journal | Licensed under CC BY 4.0 Abstract This article examines a pivotal feature of the contemporary digital economy: the multibillion-dollar payments made by Google to Apple to secure default search placement across Apple’s ecosystem and the mounting pressures created by the rapid diffusion of AI-mediated search. Treating t

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