| ▲ | raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago |
| Their net profit was a little over $100 billion last fiscal year. They get $20 Billion+ in pure profit from Google being their default search engine. That’s 20% of their profit |
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| ▲ | nozzlegear 3 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Google paying Apple to be the default search engine is not the same as Apple selling $20 billion worth of ads to track you. |
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| ▲ | raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Google isn’t just paying Apple $20 billion, it’s based on click throughs on ads in Safari. Apple is very much getting paid based on the ad economy. | | |
| ▲ | nozzlegear 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | But it still isn't Apple doing the tracking or receiving the data about your Google searches. They aren't Apple's ads, they're Google's ads. | | |
| ▲ | raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | How does that matter? Apple is still seeing 20% of its profits from ads and Google is still tracking you through Apple’s browser and Apple is getting paid for it. | | |
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