Apple spends $1 billion annually to pay Google "rent," using Google's Gemini model and cloud infrastructure to support its AI features. This situation is quite interesting— a tech mogul directly pointed out the core issue: Google already dominates Android and Chrome with monopolistic products, and now it seeks to further expand its influence through AI technology. This level of power concentration is indeed a bit outrageous.

Looking at Apple's situation, it's actually quite helpless. Its own AI development has never produced a breakthrough, and in the end, it still has to rely on others' technological solutions. Instead of spending money from scratch on R&D, it’s faster to directly purchase mature solutions. But this puts Apple at a disadvantage in AI competition—it has to spend a lot and be dependent on others.

This reflects the current state of the entire tech industry: the technological fortress is getting higher, and market concentration is becoming more exaggerated. Google, through operating systems, browsers, and now AI models, is gradually weaving a power network that covers the entire internet. Apple wants independence, but internal innovation can't keep up, so it can only rely on real money to buy others' technology.