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Would be interesting to hear from the accountants in HN if this violates U.S. GAAP rules for publicly-traded rules regarding disclosures. https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/us/en/pwc/accounting_guides/fin...
These numbers seem too high. That's like 10% of Google's annual revenue.
The amount ranges sound right. It's not what Google is willing to/could pay for user acquisition. It's the amount competitors (Microsoft!) could pay for it if Google didn't, and that's what sets the market. And, furthermore, the sum needs to be enticing to Apple, who could also opt to give the user a sorted list of search providers on first use. Having a search default has its reputational risks, like looking cheap,…
More technical settings before first use doesn't sounds like the way Cupertino would go. Instead, I suspect they'd default to their own search engine (even if that's simply a wrapper), and maybe put the search-engine setting somewhere more prominent.
These numbers seem too high. That's like 10% of Google's annual revenue.
It’s not like if Bing defaults on iPhone then all of a sudden everyone will like Bing.
These numbers seem too high. That's like 10% of Google's annual revenue.