Apple is raking in the dough from Google search on iOS

5. Mxyzptlk posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:16 4 18

Innovative and creative with revenue ideas.

6. TheLibertine posted on 11 Feb 2013, 12:25 7 2

That was a rather primitive idea. Primitive but effective - like iOS is.

11. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 11 Feb 2013, 14:34 1 0

True. This is the lesson Apple has learned... treat your customers as primitives who need security and uniformity, your allies and partners as deserving of crippling burdens, and your enemies as deserving insane brutality.

Some people apparently feel more secure when they are slapped around and told what to do. Among so many other things, Apple is also good at telling their customers exactly how things are gonna be, and in just the right ways. That, and the simple iOS platform works very well in its simplicity.

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7. tedkord posted on 11 Feb 2013, 13:45 12 0

Theres a lot of innovation on the iPhone 5. Google search, google maps,...

Apple doing what they do best - making money off the genius of others.

9. darkkjedii posted on 11 Feb 2013, 13:58 1 1

Well don't blame them cuz "others" are stupid enough to let them do it.

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22. joey_sfb posted on 11 Feb 2013, 23:26 0 1

You are confusing yourself as stupid while 'others' deem business as usual.

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14. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 11 Feb 2013, 15:09 0 0

From a certain set of perspectives, I suppose it is possible to consider saddling people with greivous required burdens, or the oppressive economics of the social engineering of normalcy, or even the arrogant denial of independent intellectual legitimacy, to be "innovative" and "creative." These are often mentioned in the same breath with another lovely term of endearment... "progressive." These are indeed "innovative" and "creative" strategies for those who seek to stifle the innovation and creativity of anyone and everyone else.

15. lyndon420 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 16:41 0 0

Yup...that's what Google is all about.

19. lovefist posted on 11 Feb 2013, 18:29 1 0

you must be on apple kool-aid + dolly meds 24/7

21. cheetah2k posted on 11 Feb 2013, 20:51 0 0

Thats ok, Google will get it back when Google Maps starts selling for 0.99c on iOS devices :p

3. Commentator posted on 11 Feb 2013, 11:32 3 2

It makes sense for Google to agree to this deal. The iPhone still maintains a huge market-share, and most of these people use search-engines. Add the fact that many iPhone users either don't care, or aren't tech-savvy enough to change their default search-engine, it's a safe bet for Google to do this rather than risk millions of people constantly using MSN or Yahoo or something else.

10. darkkjedii posted on 11 Feb 2013, 14:07 2 0

Google is getting theirs too

13. TheMan posted on 11 Feb 2013, 14:43 2 0

Let's see...GOOG took in over $50 billion last year. The cost to acquire this revenue was only $20 billion. If the Apple arrangement has the same margin (a weak assumption, admittedly) then Google's doing fine, thank you.

But once upon a time Google was said to earn $9/year for each Android device. iPhones (apparently) dominate mobile web usage so you expect it to do contribute in greater proportion, which would be offset by the fewer number of iOS ad-subsidized apps.

Regardless, a one-time payment in exchange for a decent revenue stream seems like a good deal to me.

8. tedkord posted on 11 Feb 2013, 13:46 2 0

BING IT ON!!!!

18. gwuhua1984 posted on 11 Feb 2013, 17:21 0 0

Nope, that's how it is...