> I think that Google was more worried about Microsoft dominating smartphones, not Apple. Maybe initially, before the iPhone. But the iPhone was the Dreadnaugh

> I think that Google was more worried about Microsoft dominating smartphones, not Apple. Maybe initially, before the iPhone. But the iPhone was the Dreadnaught of phones: everything that came before it became instantly irrelevant (look for HMS Dreadnaught). > Microsoft would be tempted to use smartphone dominance to steer search traffic to Bing rather than Google. Just as Apple would as well, unless Google pays, which it does.