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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by ryeights on Monday August 05, 2024 @06:39PM (#41166266)
>another search engine could make billions from smartphone fees alone.

I’m not following… the search engine would be the one paying the billions.

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by Spivak on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @12:52PM (#41172670)
They're saying that if Google is willing to pay so much to be the default that there's positive ROI that another search engine could tap given the up-front investment to buy the spot.
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