Sundar Pichai's Google pays Tim Cook's Apple a whopping 36% of search revenue it gets when people use Safari — ouch.

So that’s why Google wants you to use Chrome on your iPhone so badly::Sundar Pichai’s Google pays Tim Cook’s Apple a whopping 36% of search revenue it gets when people use Safari — ouch.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•11 months ago

    36% is such an odd amount. Apple gets 30% of app revenue. 1/3rd would be 33%. How do they negotiate the extra few points over either of those baselines?

    • Joe BreuerEnglish
      17•11 months ago

      Started negotiating at 40%, agreed to 10% less “so 10% of 40 is 4, right?”

      • @[email protected]English
        11•11 months ago

        Started at six percent. Tim cook said “I WANT SIX TIMES THAT AMOUNT!!!”

        “AND GET ME MORE PICTURES OF SPIDERMAN!!!”

    • @[email protected]English
      7•11 months ago

      I know is notr related, but you find 36% on probability in the most unexpected places because is 1/e