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How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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This section should convince anyone this article is full of crud. Why would Google continue to pay Apple if Apple cut off some of Google's revenue?

"Google currently pays Apple hundreds of millions of dollars to capture the audience of Safari Mac and iPhone users performing search queries (just as it singlehandedly also supports Firefox development the same way). Apple could continue to get this revenue (because paid search ad placement is the most valuable thing to Google) while also stripping Google of its display advertising revenue via an ad-block plugin."

Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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Nothing to see here other than deranged fanboyism.

Apple and Google are having a good bout of competition in the market. This is generally good for everyone as they continue to try to one up each other on features and value. This is what we (consumers) want, not one company or the other engaging in anti-competitive dirty tricks.

Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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This section should convince anyone this article is full of crud. Why would Google continue to pay Apple if Apple cut off some of Google's revenue? "Google currently pays Apple hundreds of millions of dollars to capture the audience of Safari Mac and iPhone users performing search queries (just as it singlehandedly also supports Firefox development the same way). Apple could continue to get this revenue (because paid…

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Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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I can see a lot of folks just blocking Safari outright if Apple tried to pull this stunt...

That's exactly what I was thinking. As a producer of content, if a specific app is denying you an income, why would you not just block it.

Sure, you're turning away customers, but you're turning away customers that aren't paying.

Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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I can see a lot of folks just blocking Safari outright if Apple tried to pull this stunt...

That's exactly what I was thinking. As a producer of content, if a specific app is denying you an income, why would you not just block it. Sure, you're turning away customers, but you're turning away customers that aren't paying.

Blocking would work for about five minutes, until someone releases a user agent spoofing plugin for Safari, just like the one that already exists on Firefox.

Re: How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's exactly what I was thinking. As a producer of content, if a specific app is denying you an income, why would you not just block it. Sure, you're turning away customers, but you're turning away customers that aren't paying.

Blocking would work for about five minutes, until someone releases a user agent spoofing plugin for Safari, just like the one that already exists on Firefox.

It exists under the Develop menu in Safari already. Also, there's no way Apple is going to do this, it's preposterous.
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