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		scarface74 on Sept 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Applebot Google pays Apple a reported $8 billion a year to be the primary search engine on iOS. Apple’s hardware sells were also up slightly in every category year over year. https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/30/apple-q3-2020-earnings/

tonyedgecombe on Sept 1, 2020 [–]

Presumably Google are making quite a bit more on that traffic. Apple might just be eyeing those additional profits.

scarface74 on Sept 2, 2020 | [–]

Through advertising? How would that be any better than what we have now.

tonyedgecombe on Sept 4, 2020 | | [–]

It might not, I'm just trying to think of their motives.

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