Apple does not have a search engine competing with DuckDuckGo, though, unlike Google. The whole point of it was to avoid antitrust rulings for referencing their

Apple does not have a search engine competing with DuckDuckGo, though, unlike Google. The whole point of it was to avoid antitrust rulings for referencing their own search engine. If they force other search providers to pay for placement, they would still be referencing their engine. The two situations are not quite as similar as you are presenting them to be.