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Google pays billions to Apple to be the default search engine on Apple devices, and pays billions to the US Carriers to be the default search engine on Android
by throwaway-blaze 3y ago
Google pays billions to Apple to be the default search engine on Apple devices, and pays billions to the US Carriers to be the default search engine on Android phones they sell. They wouldn't do that if they didn't feel they needed to...
- kuchenbecker 3y ago> feel they needed to... Or rather felt the monetary benefit greater than the cost. It's not necessarily about need but rather maximization.
- mpalmer 3y ago(Alleged) monopolies aren't maintained by doing nothing.