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Interesting non-answer: >29. For each year since 2009, what is the total amount that Apple has accepted from Google for the right to be the default search engi
by Isamu 7y ago
Interesting non-answer:
>29. For each year since 2009, what is the total amount that Apple has accepted from
Google for the right to be the default search engine in Safari and in any other Apple
products or services? Please identify the amount accepted from Google in total and
broken down by each Apple product.
>Apple’s search agreement with Google generates revenue based on referral traffic through
the URL/search box on Apple’s Safari browser. Although Google search is set as the
default, this can be changed in settings on iPhone to another search engine, such as
Yahoo!, Microsoft Bing and DuckDuckGo. Consumers may also conduct searches on
search apps available through the App Store, searches performed on the web (through the
search engine’s web portal), or through virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana or Alexa that
are available to users on our platform.
- ikeboy 7y agoIt's possible they gave different answers privately and requested for exact numbers not to be released publicly. Seems likely based on reading Amazon's reply to the same committee, which also didn't give specific numbers to some questions requesting specifics.
- gowld 7y agoThat would be fine as far as it goes, but stuffing unrelated information in the answer is weasely.
- nemothekid 7y agoI'd imagine there's some complicated SEC-related reason why they can't provide specific numbers w.r.t revenue
- sparkywolf 7y agoHow can they so blatantly not answer the question even a little and get away with it?
- cmcd 7y agoThey sort of do answer the question, they aren't accepting money from Google for the right to be the default search engine. They are accepting a portion of search revenue for searches made through Google via Safari. This incentivises them to make Google the homepage even if it is not an explicit requirement of the deal. Definitely a sneaky way to do it but it could be completely true.
- summerlight 7y agoThe question could've been better phrased; something like "what is the total amount that Apple has accepted from Google for a traffic acquisition purpose?"