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Apple's services revenue includes an annual lump sum payment from Google in the neighborhood of $18B per year. In 2023, that was roughly 22% of the revenue, and
by greedo 3y ago
Apple's services revenue includes an annual lump sum payment from Google in the neighborhood of $18B per year. In 2023, that was roughly 22% of the revenue, and probably a majority of the profit.
- dangus 3y agoAnd how much less would that payment be if iOS gave you a choice of default web browsers in randomized order that leveled the playing field? That’s really my overall point here. Everything that is locked down about the iOS ecosystem helps keep that lump sum payment high. For example, you can’t add a custom search engine to the OS preferences. There’s just 5 choices. How much did it cost DuckDuckGo to get on that list? (Probably more than $0)
- greedo 3y agoChrome has been available for a long time on iOS, albeit with the Safari rendering engine. This is like complaining that the food in a hotel minibar is expensive. You want to approach the smartphone as a general purpose computer, but that's not what it is.