"In the US, iOS has no search engine choice at all, in europe DDG quietly pays Apple a fee to be one of the choices. Android is the only reason anyone outside o

"In the US, iOS has no search engine choice at all, in europe DDG quietly pays Apple a fee to be one of the choices. Android is the only reason anyone outside of europe can use DDG on the phone at all." Wait, what? Where does this information comes from? When I was in the USA I bought an iPhone and could choose DDG. Isn't it like that for all phones bought in the US? Did they somehow "knew" I was from Europe and showed me an extra option? It is the same for my relatives who live in South America and friends in Asia. In fact CNET claims that the choice was added because of the USA's DOJ: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/in-ios-17-apple-adds-ability-to-change-search-engine-in-safari-private-browsing/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/in-ios-17-apple-adds-abilit... Also, is it confirmed anyehere that DDG pays Apple, or is this just conjecture? The only thing I can find about this is DDG's CEO criticizing Google/Apple for exchanging money so Google is the default.