Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
by ziml77 on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:09AM
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Wouldn't they just try to get Microsoft to pay instead? I doubt Mozilla cares which search engine they're getting paid to make default as long as they're getting money somehow. And MS hasn't given up on trying to push Bing on people, so I could see them going for a deal like that.
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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
by SquareWheel on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:33PM
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It's certainly possible. I suspect if Google drops out though, then the price for Bing being included would go way down. They'd have no big players to bid against. I don't see Yandex or Baidu being interested.
It's also possible Microsoft would exercise caution, considering this suit against Google. They may want to sidestep any deals that could paint a target on their back in the future.