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Google Wanted iPhones to Come Pre-Installed With Google Search App
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It returns better search results for academic research
Ink leak? You mean it's not a Rorschach test? I see the
logo bleeding out since 's become possessed/infected by the evil that is Alphabet
What's $15-20 Billion to Apple? No 3rd party software shipped on apple devices!
Totally agree ... Goggle represents yet another awful platform that inevitably leads us to the world of disinformation along with general data theft and monetisation of that data. Inconprehensible how and why Apple would be involved in this 9or maybe not, eh?). First thing I do on any IT system: change to DuckDuckGo (well, at least until we find out what's wrong with that one).
It might be closer than we think
Apple Has What It Needs to Launch Its Own Google Replacement
Apple has the wherewithal to launch its own search engine, a replacement for Google. And Microsoft even approached the company about helping make that happen. Also: Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating as complaints mount, Meta launches the Quest 3, and Peloton teams up with Lululemon.
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And Google Maps, I believe.
Edit: it seems many people have already pointed this out. Maybe the article should be edited, this line is getting as much attention as the headline.
This is a good point, I think. It never occurred to me that Apple probably did actually write the apps, but they are so 100% dependent on Google services in order to work, I never made the distinction. Article should still probably be edited, that line is getting too much attention.
At the peak of the social media era too, when both FB and Twitter were rapidly investing in news….
Eh. I think it’s more about the fact that Google has made mortal enemies of Microsoft and Apple. Microsoft never got over them poaching all their talent when Google was first taking off like a rocket. And of course Steve Jobs (and therefore Apple) will never forgive Google for Android.
I doubt Apple cares at all about the health of the search ecosystem, but if they had the power to snap their fingers and make Google disappear they would probably do it. And not for any business reason.
Seems kind of quaint and short-sighted now. They were going to be THE forms of identity and publishing on the internet. Run by megalomaniacs (and I’m counting pre-Elon.) What could go wrong.
Well, Apple's net income was $99.803 billion for fiscal year 2022 and was $94.68 billion for fiscal year 2021.
The $18 billion to $20 billion that Apple gets from Google is pure profit since Apple doesn't have to do anything except make Google the default search engine. The Google payments therefore account for around 20 percent of Apple's overall net income. That's a lot.
It might be closer than we think
Apple Has What It Needs to Launch Its Own Google Replacement
Apple has the wherewithal to launch its own search engine, a replacement for Google. And Microsoft even approached the company about helping make that happen. Also: Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating as complaints mount, Meta launches the Quest 3, and Peloton teams up with Lululemon.
This idea has been floated for at least a decade. I can't see them doing it with the emergence of AI now potentially displacing search engines to a large extent.
Exactly.
They are also being paid this huge sum to default to the search provider that most people want to use anyway. Given the choice, most people would choose Google over everything else. It's an amazing deal for Apple.
If Apple pays Google billions of $'s, I can very much see that happening! :OApple should agree in exchange for making Safari the default browser on Android.
Google search is a pretty miserable experience now. For basic information, ChatGPT is far superior and will only get better. I do not see a future for Google. They had a good run but their days are numbered.
If you mean by sifting through your personal data and using it against you, you're absolutely correct.
Google also wanted Apple to disable background YouTube playback, so they did, and it became a paid feature of YouTube Premium.
It was great to be able to listen to a podcast with your display off or while using another app. Too bad Apple decided to remove it, against the interest of their users.
It was great to be able to listen to a podcast with your display off or while using another app. Too bad Apple decided to remove it, against the interest of their users.