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Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere (www.theverge.com)

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[–] TheYear2525@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Is there something about search engines, as opposed to other online services, that makes you expect them to be free?

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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

I suppose there is. At least that is the bias I hold.

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