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Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone::Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is a lot of money for a search engine that barely works.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It barely works because it makes a lot of money

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No, no. It makes aot of money because it barely works!

[–] cjsolx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But that's how it's supposed to work, so it's working just fine? Amazing, actually.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They make it work poorly so you’re more likely to click on the ads. True story.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Suddenly I don't feel at all ashamed of blocking ads. 😮

[–] synceDD@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You never were freeloader lmao

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where's my 'invisible hand of the free market' guys?

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

That's literally it though

Really shows how much can be made from handling search queries doesn’t it.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hell, I'll spread word of mouth $75,000 a year.

[–] SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Welcome to a mid level sales position.

[–] Tick_Dracy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even though I use iOS devices, Google isn’t my search engine on these devices. I can understand an organization like Mozilla needing the money from Google, but when we’re talking about a trillion dollar company, I cannot have the same understanding.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like corporations would pass on literally tens of billions of dollars (yearly) just because they are big.

Unless Apple had it's own competing search service they have no reason to pass on that much money unless it becomes a huge liability.

[–] Tick_Dracy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I guess you’re right. And maybe most is their users are fine (or prefer) to use Google search, so that’s even a plus for Apple.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Why?

How would iPhone users feel if Google wasn't available on their phone?