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Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by ksec on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:02PM (#38257517)
>Ok. But is that really the only reason?

Sentiment shift. Moral Compass in Silicon Valley ( or more like in the Tech Sector ), Smartphone Revolution and 15 years of zero interest rate.

None of the reported are really "news" apart from the precise 36% figure which is higher than most of our initial estimate. "Customer acquisition cost" isn't new. On a similar note Google also share their Ad revenue with Mozilla / Firefox.

We might not like a lot of what's going on with Google or Apple. But I dont think revenue share is in anyway wrong or illegal.

Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by shiroiuma on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:21AM (#38259814)
I think there should be prosecution of Apple based on this, not Google. Because of this huge cut, Apple won't allow other browsers on their platforms, which is anti-competitive.
Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by kergonath on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:53AM (#38259956)
> Because of this huge cut, Apple won't allow other browsers on their platforms, which is anti-competitive.

That’s not the case, though. What some people complain about is the fact that other browsers must use the WebKit engine, but there is nothing stopping people from putting browsers in the App Store. This is not relevant to this deal. The engine does not matter at all, what matters is the user base.

Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by freedomben on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:55AM (#38262714)
The engine absolutely matters! If you want to use a feature that is available in Chrome and Firefox, but not in webkit/safari, you are completely out of luck on iOS.

Apple has been holding back web development for many years with this policy. I suspect it is to keep PWAs from being competitive with native apps, but whatever the motivation, that is very much the effect.

Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says by kergonath on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:50AM (#38259941)
> But I dont think revenue share is in anyway wrong or illegal.

It’s a thin line between revenue sharing, which is fine, and anticompetitive bribes to entrench your dominant position and extinguish competition, which is not. I am not saying that it’s the second case, but that’s what the DoJ wants to prove.