lvalenta

Totally agree (happy DuckDuckGo user here). My point is - is there a point from which Google wouldn’t pay “the randsom”? As it’s spiked and is prone to rise again.

Did you? How long was it loading? :-))

I think this issue is likely to be diminished as the performance difference's not been improving that much lately (X and XS having similar CPU performance) - we have come to a point of smartphone evolution where yearly additions to a performance will not be the reason to upgrade -> therefore I don't expect new iOS versions slowing devices significantly.

Interesting is though how the number's been growing over the years, even though the amount of sold devices's been rather stagnant. Google pays a lot per customer, while Apple allows to use DuckDuckGo and others. I wonder how long will Google feel it's that valuable for them (and what a percentage of users'd swich to Google even though other search engine would be default instead)

Apple's been doing it for some time in "Others" category (Apple TV, Watch, Beats, Airpods) - it's mere extending of its policy. Furthermore, Apple's been increasing prices of iPhones - which will probably lead to worse numbers - but may lead to greater sales numbers - which Apple feels are much more relevant for investors and for them. It doesn't necessarily have to be a bad sign for Apple, as they always have focused on greater average-selling-price instead of of sold iPhones.