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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by throwaway48540 on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:06PM (#41267612)
Their need to buy advertising proves it is not a monopoly. If they were, they'd make that easy and profitable decision immediately.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by avidiax on Friday August 16, 2024 @01:05PM (#41268222)
Google's payment to Apple isn't advertisement. It's to prevent Apple from rolling their own search engine, or selling the default to the next highest bidder.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by throwaway48540 on Friday August 16, 2024 @02:15PM (#41268863)
Putting their search in front of people instead of others is advertisement. It doesn't prevent apple from doing anything.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by dwaite on Saturday August 17, 2024 @07:29PM (#41278902)
Apple has a business agreement to use Google search, and it seems it is a similar agreement to what they made to OpenAI - we as Apple will use your service by default, we pay you nothing, and we take a percentage of your monetization.
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