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UK Monopoly Regulator Investigating Google's Search Deal With Apple (theregister.com) 4

Google has been paying Apple a portion of search revenue generated by people using Google Chrome on iOS, The Register reported Friday, citing a source. This is one of the aspects of the relationship between the two tech goliaths that currently concerns the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the report added. From the report: Though everyone knows Google pays Apple, Samsung, and other manufacturers billions of dollars to make its web search engine the default on devices, it has not been reported until now that the CMA has been looking into Chrome on iOS and its role in a search revenue sharing deal Google has with Apple. We twice asked Apple and Google to confirm or deny what we've learned, and neither corporation would talk. We also approached the CMA, and a spokesperson for the monopoly regulator said: "The CMA cannot comment on or disclose any confidential information."


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UK Monopoly Regulator Investigating Google's Search Deal With Apple

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  • by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:44AM (#63301459)
    Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.

    Not that kind of monopoly regulator?

  • I am sure that Google would rather not have to pay anything to Apple or Samsung. Is Google at fault for paying a fee, or are these other companies at fault for offering to position it as the default browser for a fee?
    For user convenience, there probably needs to be some default browser so you don't have to download one when you get a new phone - what's the fairest way to do determine what browser is used? User choice at first startup?

    The best outcome for me would be if they just mandate that you should be a

    • Chrome isn’t the default browser on iOS. Safari is the default

      Chrome on iOS is just a wrapper around Safari. Apple’s JavaScript renderer is the only thing on iOS that is allowed to do native JIT, so Chrome effectively has to use it and uses Apple’s HTML/SVG/etc renderer as well. Chrome started as a fork of Apple’s Safari browser, so they share a lot of features/bugs so you mostly don’t have to care.

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