You misread. Google paid Apple more. That's why Apple turned Bing sale offer down.

Google search results are horrible! For some time now they bump dummy websites that copycat original work and simply litter the site with ads. Even with these sifted out, their search isn't better. I use some obscure engine and I'm not missing hits.

The days of altavista are long gone. Alternative engines, like qwant, are good.

So, Apple keeping Google as default because they're good? I don't buy it.