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		c2h5oh on Aug 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on p... Before this ruling: whoever pays the most gets to be the default, so google pays. If they don't someone else does. After this ruling: since nobody gets to buy being the default whatever users want to be the default will be selected. Judging by market share it will be google for $0.

smrq on Aug 6, 2024 [–]

This seems to contradict the testimony. Assisting to tfa, there was no price Microsoft could pay that would have made Apple use Bing by default.

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