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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by spywaregorilla on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:44AM (#28316394)
Launching a competitor to Google that is the default search engine on all iphones for $15B and 10 years of dev time sounds like a massive win to me.

I think with billions of dollars in funding they could accomplish a "good enough product" in 5 years personally. They don't need to be as good as google.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by minsc__and__boo on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:19PM (#28317725)
Apple still cares heavily about user experience, and relies on their brand equity to charge a premium for hardware.

Hard to be the quality leader in the market when your customers find your software inferior.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by amanaplanacanal on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:58PM (#28318261)
Safari would be evidence against this.
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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by minsc__and__boo on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:55PM (#28318997)
I don't use it - is Safari really that bad?
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