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> There are many other search engine options, why should Google be punished for hiring the best people over decades to make the best one? I’m guessing this who
by ayewo 1y ago
> There are many other search engine options, why should Google be punished for hiring the best people over decades to make the best one?
I’m guessing this whole court case wouldn’t have been a thing if Google wasn’t bribing Apple, to the tune of $20 billion a year [1], to remain the default search engine on iOS.
1: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/apple-may-add-ai-search-engines-to-safari-as-google-use-drops/546220/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/apple-may-add-ai-search-...
- jeffbee 1y agoAmazing how you can see that as Google bribing Apple instead of Apple extorting Google.
- josefx 1y agoIt would be a rather ineffective extortion if "customers would just switch" as the comment further above claims.
- jsheard 1y agoOr more recently beginning to throw money at websites to lock out their competitors, which is why Bing and co can't index Reddit anymore.
- dieortin 1y agoThat’s not accurate, Bing can index Reddit just fine
- jsheard 1y agoThis doesn't look very fine to me... https://www.bing.com/search?q=pope%20francis%20died%20site%3Areddit.com https://www.bing.com/search?q=pope%20francis%20died%20site%3... The results are all from before July 2024, when the Google deal was established.