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oojuliusoyesterday at 4:25 PM5 repliesview on HN

Steve Jobs rolling in his grave. The mortal enemy. Thermonuclear war.


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benoauyesterday at 4:32 PM

Enemies? Google contributes about 20% of Apple's profits annually through their default search engine deal, that's more profitable than just about everything they do or make except selling iPhones.

> The U.S. government said Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai met in 2018 to discuss the deal. After that, an unidentified senior Apple employee wrote to a Google counterpart that “our vision is that we work as if we are one company.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/apple-goo...

golferyesterday at 4:47 PM

The original iPhone came pre-loaded with Google search, Maps, and Youtube. Jobs competed with Google but he also knew Google had best-in-class products too.

reliumyesterday at 7:46 PM

Jobs brokered a $150M deal with Apple's arch enemy Microsoft in 1997.