Apple pays Google $1B/yr for Gemini. Google pays Apple $20B/yr for search

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Post by meast » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC

Re: Apple pays Google $1B/yr for Gemini. Google pays Apple $20B/yr for search

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC

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Post by dotcoma » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC

A dollar per year per phone, while having their brand and not Google’s, is truly a great deal.

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Post by beardyw » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC

Well, Google pay Apple $20B because they still make a profit on it. It's comparing apples with oranges.

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Post by jaimehrubiks » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC

beardyw wrote: post #4

Well, Google pay Apple $20B because they still make a profit on it. It's comparing apples with oranges.

Comparing apples to gooranges

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Post by bigyabai » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC

dotcoma wrote: post #3

A dollar per year per phone, while having their brand and not Google’s, is truly a great deal.

Google cares about Adsense revenue. If they average more than $0.99 in ad revenue from Spotlight, they're happy.