Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by ikeboy on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:10PM
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It's possible they gave different answers privately and requested for exact numbers not to be released publicly. Seems likely based on reading Amazon's reply to the same committee, which also didn't give specific numbers to some questions requesting specifics.
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by nemothekid on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:26PM
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I'd imagine there's some complicated SEC-related reason why they can't provide specific numbers w.r.t revenue
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by gowld on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:12PM
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That would be fine as far as it goes, but stuffing unrelated information in the answer is weasely.
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by sparkywolf on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:10PM
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How can they so blatantly not answer the question even a little and get away with it?
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by cmcd on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:15PM
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They sort of do answer the question, they aren't accepting money from Google for the right to be the default search engine. They are accepting a portion of search revenue for searches made through Google via Safari. This incentivises them to make Google the homepage even if it is not an explicit requirement of the deal.
Definitely a sneaky way to do it but it could be completely true.
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by summerlight on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @05:17PM
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The question could've been better phrased; something like "what is the total amount that Apple has accepted from Google for a traffic acquisition purpose?"
>29. For each year since 2009, what is the total amount that Apple has accepted from Google for the right to be the default search engine in Safari and in any other Apple products or services? Please identify the amount accepted from Google in total and broken down by each Apple product.
>Apple’s search agreement with Google generates revenue based on referral traffic through the URL/search box on Apple’s Safari browser. Although Google search is set as the default, this can be changed in settings on iPhone to another search engine, such as Yahoo!, Microsoft Bing and DuckDuckGo. Consumers may also conduct searches on search apps available through the App Store, searches performed on the web (through the search engine’s web portal), or through virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana or Alexa that are available to users on our platform.