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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That is a lot of money for a search engine that barely works.
That’s what they need to pay to get people to use it.
When Google was released in the 90’s they didn’t have to pay anyone, everyone wanted to use it.
They make it work poorly so you’re more likely to click on the ads. True story.
Suddenly I don’t feel at all ashamed of blocking ads. 😮
You never were freeloader lmao
Where’s my ‘invisible hand of the free market’ guys?
Won’t this kill Firefox? As far as I understand Google is providing a lot of funding with the default search engine agreement.
Related: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla
Really shows how much can be made from handling search queries doesn’t it.
Hell, I’ll spread word of mouth $75,000 a year.
Welcome to a mid level sales position.
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.
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.
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.
Why?
How would iPhone users feel if Google wasn’t available on their phone?
