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Google’s Apple payments, Alan Wake 2 GPU issues, WD + Kioxia merger + more!
Oct 28, 2023
Discussion on Google's payments to Apple as the default search engine, Alan Wake 2's GPU issues, and the blocked WD-Kioxia merger. Also, updates on iOS 17.1 release, Snapdragon X OEMs, Google's image sourcing, Ford's delivery drones, and Flipper Zero's Bluetooth alerts.
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- Google pays $18 billion to Apple to maintain its default search engine status on Apple devices.
- Alan Wake 2's PC requirements prioritize GPUs with mesh shader support, excluding older graphics cards and posing a costly decision for gamers.
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Google pays $26.3 billion, $18 billion to Apple in 2021
According to a New York Times report and testimony from the USV Google antitrust trial, Google paid out $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine on various devices. Out of that amount, $18 billion went solely to Apple. This means that Google sacrifices almost one third of its ad business profits, including YouTube, to maintain its default search engine status on Apple devices.
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