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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by ralfd on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:50PM (#24890222)
> Who says apple hasn't built a viable alternative already?

A decent search engine is not worth the massive amount of 12 billion dollars. The advertising platform Google build is!

Apple 1) can't recreate that 2) it shouldn't as advertising is not in their DNA and opposite of their privacy core values.

Apple can build a search engine (or just switch to Bing) but they wouldn't be able monetize that for $12000000000.

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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by xuki on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:23PM (#24890543)
Apple might not be able to directly monetize it, but it will boost the privacy aspect of their brand, and it also hurts Google revenue.
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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by ksec on Monday October 26, 2020 @07:29AM (#24894962)
I would ague having Google paying $10B per year to Apple is hurting Google's revenue more.
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