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You mean like how iOS was reliant on google for its default search?


Are you really seriously suggesting that income from iOS search was remotely significant to Apple's bottom line?


wnevets' comment didn't mention money.


Why does that matter? They switched to bing, do you honestly think microsoft is paying less than google to be the default search for iOS?


Except for how Apple doesn't get in excess of 90% of their income from Google.


Why does the percent of income matter? Whether its 1% or 100% Microsoft had zero problem paying to take Google's place as the default search.


The contrast between Mozilla and Apple is that one needs the money and the other one doesn't, and that makes all the difference.

Apple can pick and choose their deals. If Apple decided to give Microsoft the search box for free to spite Google they could do it in a second.

Mozilla is completely dependent on monetizing the search box. I think at $100 million per year, Microsoft was interested in bidding for Mozilla's search box. At $300 million, it was untenable.


Mozilla being reliant on the search box and being reliant on Google are two different conversations.


seems like iOs is using Bing now.


preciously.




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