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0 pointsrany_2y ago0 comments

> Windows and Android… you end up paying somehow in the end anyway

I'm not sure why I have to mention this, but you could be paying for something and get screwed over at the same time. The issue isn't that Google/Microsoft/etc NEED to make money this way, but that this is legal to do.

Also, Windows isn't exactly cheap and I personally couldn't fathom paying more than 100 bucks for an OS and still get treated like crap. I'm sure Android at best only makes 10 bucks from their users with their current model throughout the device's entire lifetime.

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ribosometronome2y ago

>I'm sure Android at best only makes 10 bucks from their users with their current model throughout the device's entire lifetime.

I'm pretty sure Google pays Apple more than $10 per year per iPhone user to be the default search on iPhones and Mac. They were paying 18 billion back in 2021. I don't think Apple's marketshare is over 1.8 billion active users yet. Do you think Apple users are just that much more valuable to have searching?

amaranth2y ago

According to [1] the estimated number of iPhone users (leaving out any Mac users) in 2024 is 1.46 billion.

[1] https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/number-of-iphone-users

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