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ok so google paid companies like apple to make google the default search engine. you cannot claim everything was just because their product was good. you can argue that striking the deal with apple was just a smart business move, but google isn't winning just because of their r&d.

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It's just a default, you can change it. Did Google coerce Apple into taking that deal somehow? Or did they simply offer them the most compelling deal in a free market?

Keep in mind that if paying to be the default search engine in a browser is illegal, then Firefox's primary revenue source is out the window.

Spoiler: Firefox’s primary revenue source is going to go out the window.

That's exactly what the government wants intentionally or unintentionally: make Firefox's primary revenue stream disappear.

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