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> Also, Google pays Apple a non-trivial amount of money (widely rumored to be hundreds of millions/year) to be the default search engine on iOS I thought it wa
by earenndil 8y ago
> Also, Google pays Apple a non-trivial amount of money (widely rumored to be hundreds of millions/year) to be the default search engine on iOS
I thought it was known to be $3B?
- cronix 8y agoI think it's actually more than that, but regardless, it's interesting (and disingenuous) for Apple to market themselves to the public as being so privacy conscious, all while making quite a hefty profit by selling their customers data via GOOGLE search, albeit not directly. It's probably the most bang for the buck and most profitable thing in history. I mean, making $3-9B profit for literally a few minutes of work (a default setting in an existing app) is pretty lucrative. No RnD necessary. They are making a LOT money by selling their users data. http://fortune.com/2018/09/29/google-apple-safari-search-engine/ http://fortune.com/2018/09/29/google-apple-safari-search-eng...