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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by simonh on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:27PM (#15743912)
They make about twice as much money from mobile ads iOS as they do from Android, hence they pay Billions to Apple to be the default search provider on iOS. That can’t be a comfortable position to be in, and hardly looks like a position of dominance no matter how much you squint.
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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by mcny on Monday November 20, 2017 @09:22PM (#15745059)
> They make about twice as much money from mobile ads iOS as they do from Android, hence they pay Billions to Apple to be the default search provider on iOS. That can’t be a comfortable position to be in, and hardly looks like a position of dominance no matter how much you squint.

Here's one way to squint: they'd have to pay a lot more if they didn't have Android.

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