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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by aphextron on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:36PM (#16109787)
>What do you think is holding Firefox back from doing the same?

Probably the fact that Google pays them billions of dollars.

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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by Chaebixi on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @04:10PM (#16110109)
> Probably the fact that Google pays them billions of dollars.

Isn't that over? Their default search engine is Yahoo now, IIRC.

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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by 2xlbuds on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @04:27PM (#16110268)
No, they made a new deal with google and ended theirs with Yahoo late last year.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-back-its-firefoxs-defau...

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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by ovao on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @04:25PM (#16110257)
Google is now the default search provider in U.S. and Canada.
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