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  • Apple could be out $20 billion a year if Google loses DOJ antitrust case

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    9secondkox2 said:
    So stupid. There is no antitrust when you have options. Apple provides them in settings. 

    Google isn’t the only option. Enabled by default is fine. Let apple do business the way they want. 

    Once the government starts dictating the minutiae of how an option is selected or how a default setting is set up, it has become a private sector micromanager and that is clear overreach. 

    This isn’t the old internet explorer precedent where you had to find and use your precious dial up resources download a competitor to compete with the bundled browser (which was hooked into the OS itself. 

    Apple already bundles these services and you have one conveniently enabled off the bat, with other choices ready to go at the touch of a button. 

    A literal non-issue. And I say this as someone who doesn’t use Google. 
    While what you say makes sense, it doesn't explain to me the reason for the massive payment.  The fact that the payment exists implies a cartel to me. 
    williamlondonHonkers9secondkox2nubus

  • Apple, Google confirm new EU 'gatekeeper' law applies to them

    dave2012dave2012
    From my long memory of computing on Mac, interoperability has always been a massive struggle. Whichever company has the dominant position uses tricks to undermine it. Good to see the EU intervening.
    croprwilliamlondonAlex_V

  • Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple

    dave2012dave2012
    So Apple claims that it doesn’t trade on user’s privacy but they push you towards a company that does and Apple takes a 36% cut.
    Such a good point. Apple's options were:

    1. Release their own search engine and make little money from Apple user's data.
    2. Subcontract it out to Google, and make massive profits from Apple user's data and conceal the profits in their accounts.
    williamlondon

  • Samsung leaks that Apple is still working on an all-screen foldable MacBook Pro

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    geekmee said:
    And what problem does the foldable screen solve again?

    My only reason for needing more screen space is to display two separate windows, a hinged screen might be a better option because it could aid the docking of the two windows.
    mayflywatto_cobra

  • Apple could be out $20 billion a year if Google loses DOJ antitrust case

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    igorsky said:
    dave2012 said:
    So stupid. There is no antitrust when you have options. Apple provides them in settings. 
    Google isn’t the only option. Enabled by default is fine. Let apple do business the way they want. 

    While what you say makes sense, it doesn't explain to me the reason for the massive payment.  The fact that the payment exists implies a cartel to me. 
    Do you know what a cartel is? If there are other options then it’s not a cartel. 
    Secretly agreeing not to compete. Payment for not releasing the Apple search engine. Let's be realistic, if Google is the best search engine and it's easy for users to switch then they won't pay Apple that sort of money to be the default.
    muthuk_vanalingam