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Offline madiresTopic starter

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US$26 billion for being default search engine
« on: October 28, 2023, 04:00:38 pm »
A tidbit from an antitrust trial:
Google Paid $26 Billion to Be Default Search Engine in 2021 (https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/google-paid-26-3-billion-to-be-default-search-engine-in-2021)
 

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Re: US$26 billion for being default search engine
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2023, 07:40:05 pm »
Yeah. How do you think fundations such as Mozilla make their money? Hint: that's not from the donations that are an almost insignificant fraction of their total revenue.
 

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Re: US$26 billion for being default search engine
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2023, 12:55:42 pm »
Some analysts estimate that Apple got $15 billion from that in 2021. And Mozilla got around $450 million.
 
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Re: US$26 billion for being default search engine
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2023, 10:08:00 pm »
The funny-sad part? People refuse to accept, that the money come from their wallets. |O
People imagine AI as T1000. What we got so far is glorified T9.
 


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