Apple wants to join the antitrust case against Google, and it has explained why it doesn't want to create its own rival search engine.

A court filing in the Google monopoly case reveals Apple's lack of appetite for building a search engine or entering the search text ad market.

It would be very expensive; The recent and growing injection of AI into search has made the business more uncertain than ever; Apple doesn't want to sell targeted advertising, as

Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, reports Reuters. The tech giant says it can’t rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send

Here are Cue’s reasons as to why Apple will never make a search engine: “Apple is focused on other growth areas. The development of a search engine would require diverting both capital investment and employees because creating a search engine would cost billions of dollars and take many years.”

The US antitrust proceedings against Google are also about Apple's lucrative search deal. Head of Services Eddy Cue has now commented on this in court.

Apple is seeking to defend its deal with Google, which provides revenue sharing through Search. This comes after the DOJ threatened to break up Google's business after a court found that it holds an illegal monopoly.