Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by tyingq on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:30AM
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>Mozilla is sending all search traffic to Google by default for...much less
And not just much less overall...
Mozilla is supposedly getting ~$400M/year. Which is $115M per percentage point of marketshare. The $15B for Apple is $804M per percentage point of marketshare.
Which I suppose makes sense, as iPhone users probably automatically fall into a high income demographic.
What I used for market share: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by unethical_ban on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:49AM
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Even if a user pivots from Safari, keeping Google as the default is keeping it as the default in the minds of users as they move to a different browser.
Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by ComodoHacker on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:24AM
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I'm sure it's net positive for users in both cases.
Apple doesn't sell Google data of users' actions on other websites or in other apps.
And Mozilla really did a lot for user privacy using that Google money.
Or like, Mozilla is working to protect user privacy^1 and Mozilla is sending all search traffic to Google by default for [much less than $15B] a year.
In each case, we can see two conflicting interests/objectives. Data collection versus privacy protection. Being honest, which is the one we can say is making the most progress at the expense of the other. How much data is being collected. How much data is off-limits. How much money is being "lost" by "tech" companies to privacy protection (user self-determination). Be honest.
1 And other noble causes, including maintaining a "healhty" web. Read: Ensuring online advertising does not die out.