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To: Drew68
Google paid Apple $1B cash to make it the default search engine on their hand-held devices. I don't know how long that deal was for, but it wasn't permanent.

$1B happens to be pretty much what their ring-shaped headquarters building cost.

5 posted on 02/03/2022 5:17:57 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom
Google paid Apple $1B cash to make it the default search engine on their hand-held devices... $1B happens to be pretty much what their ring-shaped headquarters building cost.

Sort of like the RCC selling indulgences in order to build St Peter's Basilica, but then they couldn't corral the Reformation back into the fold. Facebook now fancies itself a church, so...

Mark Zuckerberg Is Planting the First Church of the Metaverse

20 posted on 02/04/2022 7:02:24 AM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Steely Tom
I don't know how long that deal was for, but it wasn't permanent.

Safari lets you set your search engine they currently offer 5 choices, not sure if you can add others like you.com. DuckDuckGo, Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ecosi are currently listed in my choices.

31 posted on 02/05/2022 2:39:59 PM PST by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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