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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 07:28:38 JST Ars Technica

   Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal

   Google and Apple specifically requested that detail be confidential.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/google-witness-accidentally-blurts-out-that-apple-gets-36-cut-of-safari-deal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Alex, just zis guy, you know? (alexmorse@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 07:30:12 JST Alex, just zis guy, you know?

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     @arstechnica daaaaayim. Google is getting ripped off

   • Earbean (earbeaned@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 09:09:55 JST Earbean

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     @arstechnica this is huge. Of course Google and Apple are monopolies. Who else even comes close?

   • YurkshireLad (yurkshirelad@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 09:14:18 JST YurkshireLad

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     @arstechnica if Google is stopped from being able to pay companies to default to their search engine, is this end for #mozilla #firefox?

   • Aaron In Minnesota (aeischeid@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 01:01:37 JST Aaron In Minnesota

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     • Alex Russell

     @arstechnica So one of the reason developers like @slightlyoff hypothesized that actual alternative browsers on iOS are not allowed was to protect App Store profits, and not to say that is wrong, but a 36% cut of Google's revenue from default placement in Safari has to factor in too!

     Though it only emphasizes how underfunded Safari development was for so long given how much revenue it was generating.