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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by jonhohle on Monday August 05, 2024 @10:32PM (#41167366)
The problem isn’t that Google has search and makes Android. It’s that they have search and paid android phone makes and Apple oodles of money to make Google search the default.

Apple would not need to pay anyone to make their search (or maps or browser) the default. It would be the default on Apple devices and not used much outside of that.

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by lostlogin on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:43AM (#41168661)
> It would be the default on Apple devices and not used much outside of that.

Would that bother Apple? Their platform is the most valuable to advertise on. They’ll make money. The question is, will it make as much as Google was paying?

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by bdd8f1df777b on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:48AM (#41170850)
One would argue that Apple is abusing their monopoly on iOS devices to advance their map business. One could also argue that iOS is not a monopoly since Android has greater market share. Who will win is not settled yet. Right now, the DOJ hasn't come this far, but it is not given that they won't ever go there.
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