Google paid $26 billion in 2021 to become default search engine on browsers and phones::The number is a more granular look into how much Google pays partners, including Apple, to be the default search engine on their products.

  • Scubus
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    What a bunch of dumbasses. They were already the default on most everything, so they basically paid $26 billion for nothing.

    • Cloudkid@lemmus.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Google isn’t paying that $26 B cause it want to, but because it knows Microsoft isn’t going to pay that much.