Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7
Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 a day ago
"Google already pays Apple billions each year to be the default search engine on iPhones. But that lucrative partnership briefly came into question after Google was found to hold an illegal internet search monopoly.
In September, a judge ruled against a worst-case scenario outcome that could have forced Google to divest its Chrome browser business.
The decision also allowed Google to continue to make deals such as the one with Apple."
How much is Google paying Apple now
If these anti-competitive agreements^1 were public,^2 headlines could be something like,
(A) "Apple agrees to use Google's Gemini for AI-powered Siri for $[payment amount]"
Instead, headlines are something like,
(B) "Apple picks Google's Gemini to run Ai-powered Siri"
1. In other words, they are exclusive and have anticompetitive effects
2. Neither CNBC nor I are suggesting that there is any requirement for the parties to make these agreements public. I am presenting a hypothetical relating to headlilnes, (A) versus (B), as indicated by the words "If" and "could"
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-to-rep...
Google pays 20 billion to Apple annually for search traffic
Apple allegedly pays Google about 1 billion per year for Gemini
Perhaps Gemini sends more search traffic to Google
The search traffic and data collection is worth far more than Gemini