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Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by meiraleal on Monday November 13, 2023 @02:51PM (#38254462)
> I guess the difference now is that Google is really big. Ok. But is that really the only reason?

So as you are INSINUATING things why not be clear and name it? What is it, corruption? Or do you think that the fact that AOL deal wasn't illegal, no deal ever will be and Apple/Google are free to do as they please? Your idea of justice is quite weird.

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Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by jessicas_rabbit on Monday November 13, 2023 @03:07PM (#38254697)
I believe OP was genuinely interested in identifying rationale for this discrepancy in legal precedent, regardless of any personal stance they hold on the justice of this business deal.
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Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by mrgoldenbrown on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:10PM (#38256625)
OP didn't describe any particular legal precedent though, so we don't know why OP thinks the AOL deal was legal. There's a big difference between "nobody cared enough to sue or prosecute X behavior" and "X behavior has been tested in court and was ruled legal".
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Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by dang on Monday November 13, 2023 @09:41PM (#38258320)
Can you please not post in the flamewar style? It's quite against the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

You can make your substantive points without that, so if you'd please do so instead, we'd be grateful.

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