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At the very least, I hope the Apple-Google ~~exclusivity~~ default agreement is revoked. I suppose it’ll take another year to figure out the actual remedies tho
by rbera 2y ago
At the very least, I hope the Apple-Google ~~exclusivity~~ default agreement is revoked. I suppose it’ll take another year to figure out the actual remedies though.
- lvzw 2y agoI think a year for the remedies is optimistic - could drag on for a while. Also worth mentioning that it is not an exclusivity agreement - it is a default agreement.
- rbera 2y agoYou’re right, my bad on the terminology. A year is definitely optimistic, I just hope that’s the first draft pending appeals. the longer it stretches on, the greater chance there is of directives being changed, lobbyists influencing politicians, etc.
- alt227 2y ago> it is not an exclusivity agreement - it is a default agreement. But it kind of is an exclusivity agreement. Have you ever tried to change the default search on an iPhone? There is only a very small list of curated searches you are allowed to pick from, and you cant add your own.
- leotravis10 2y agoThis could surely open the door for Apple Search as the silver lining.
- VWWHFSfQ 2y agoYes the silver lining is the other monopolist getting their share of the pie.
- JKCalhoun 2y ago> other monopolist Ha ha. I know what you're saying though.
- largbae 2y agoWouldn't this just hot swap one monopolist policy for another?
- kelnos 2y agoPretty much. And just push Apple customers further into Apple's walled garden.
- jncfhnb 2y agoThe door was open the whole time
- ipsum2 2y agoApple doesn't allow you to switch search engines on iPhone?
- linotype 2y agoThey for sure do. Takes 30 seconds, just go to Settings then Safari.
- Tumblewood 2y agothey do allow you to switch - maybe it refers to google paying to be the default search engine?
- dwighttk 2y agoseems like these days most of the payment is 36% of ads in Google searches, but maybe there is also some money sent specifically for it to be the default.
- asadotzler 2y agoThey get paid a share of ad revenue their users generate if they make Google the default in all of their web search entry points. These are not separate. The deal is 1) "make Google the default" and then 2) "there's a revenue share". No 1 then no 2.
- ein0p 2y agoOn iOS it’s only from a pre approved list. Want to use a less censored search like Brave? Nope, unless you use something other than Safari.
- linotype 2y agoWhat browser allows you to specify a custom search engine? I just checked Chrome and it doesn’t on desktop.
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- changoplatanero 2y agoMy idea is that they could auction off the right to be the default search engine separately in each state. So google could still win most of the auctions but if some other smaller provider wanted a chance they could concentrate their whole bet into a smaller market like Rhode Island or whatever.