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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by c2h5oh on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @12:45AM (#41167835)
Before this ruling: whoever pays the most gets to be the default, so google pays. If they don't someone else does.

After this ruling: since nobody gets to buy being the default whatever users want to be the default will be selected. Judging by market share it will be google for $0.

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by smrq on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @02:24AM (#41168286)
This seems to contradict the testimony. Assisting to tfa, there was no price Microsoft could pay that would have made Apple use Bing by default.
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