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Their need to buy advertising proves it is not a monopoly. If they were, they'd make that easy and profitable decision immediately.
by throwaway48540 2y ago
Their need to buy advertising proves it is not a monopoly. If they were, they'd make that easy and profitable decision immediately.
- avidiax 2y agoGoogle's payment to Apple isn't advertisement. It's to prevent Apple from rolling their own search engine, or selling the default to the next highest bidder.
- throwaway48540 2y agoPutting their search in front of people instead of others is advertisement. It doesn't prevent apple from doing anything.
- dwaite 2y agoApple has a business agreement to use Google search, and it seems it is a similar agreement to what they made to OpenAI - we as Apple will use your service by default, we pay you nothing, and we take a percentage of your monetization.