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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by tyingq on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:30PM (#15011937)
> It would be interesting to find out how many users switched back to Google after Yahoo paid Firefox to switch the default for new installs.

Many, but the net effect was still positive for Yahoo.

http://searchengineland.com/yahoos-firefox-deal-tells-us-pai...

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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by Eridrus on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:11PM (#15014782)
Cool, so from Google's perspective this is probably an absolute best case scenario: Firefox users tend to be more savvy than iOS users, and Yahoo still claimed at least 25% of users.

So, 3bn is peanuts for 25% of mobile ad revenue, which for google is 50bn/yr.

Apple would probably have to raise the price several times over before Google starts questioning this relationship.

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