I swear I don't understand all the hoopla around searching. I have never used Google. I have been using Yahoo since before Google existed.
I never have problems finding anything. The few times I have used Bing it worked just fine too. AltaVista worked fine years ago. DuckDuckGo works fine.
If Google wants to pay boatloads of cash to Apple to make Google the default search engine, then that is fine. Both companies are happy.
Besides, it's not like it's hard to change the default.
And always remember this. U.S. anti-trust laws exist to protect consumers, not competitors. Bing and Yahoo can whine all they want about Google. It does not matter. Consumers are not being harmed by this deal, because most people want to use Google. Win-Win-Win.
Giving consumers what they want is what business is all about. It's up to Bing/Yahoo/whoever to make their products more attractive if they want Apple to change their default.