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.

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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.

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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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bee_rider 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They pay to be the default, not the only possible search provider.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		They pay per click.