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thayne 2 days ago

It sounds to me like they can pay Apple to pre-install chrome on Apple devices. But they can't pay Apple or Mozilla to be the default search engine in their browsers (Safari and Firefox).

And the latter is going to be pretty bad for Mozilla.

thayne 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> “Google is permitted to pay browser developers, like Apple,” he said in the decision. However, the partner company must promote other search engines, offer a different option in various operating systems or in privacy mode, and are allowed to make changes to the default search settings annually, Mehta wrote.

From https://archive.is/GJWPP#selection-1579.0-1579.309

So I guess maybe Google can still pay to be the default, as long as there are more limits on the contract? But I suspect those limits are going to result in lower payments.

makeitdouble 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

So they have to change the item name in their yearly check to Apple and Mozilla, and let them do the rest on their own ?