Apple Pays Google $1B for Gemini While Google Pays Apple $20B to Stay Default Search

Description

A meme using a scene from 'The Office' (US) showing two men shaking hands in an office setting. The left man (taller, older, wearing a suit) has the Apple logo overlaid and is labeled 'Apple Paying Google $1B For Gemini.' The right man (Steve Carell as Michael Scott, wearing a short-sleeve shirt with a tie and fanny pack, looking slightly uncomfortable) has the Google 'G' logo overlaid and is labeled 'Google Paying Apple $20B To Stay Default Search Engine.' The watermark 'LAKSHYA LARK' appears at the bottom. The meme highlights the asymmetric financial relationship between Apple and Google: Apple pays a relatively modest $1B to license Google's Gemini AI, while Google pays a massive $20B to Apple for the privilege of remaining the default search engine on iOS/Safari -- making Google the clear net loser in the exchange despite its dominant market position

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Apple's real product isn't hardware -- it's a $20B toll booth between Google and a billion eyeballs, with enough change left over to buy their AI too

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Apple's real product isn't hardware -- it's a $20B toll booth between Google and a billion eyeballs, with enough change left over to buy their AI too
Anonymous

For $20 billion, Google is basically paying Apple to not build a better search engine. That's not a partnership; it's the most expensive protection racket in tech history
@deimossos 8mo

> No one uses apple "intelligence" > everyone uses google things' price is based on their profitability
Deleted Account 8mo

wtf i don't get!
1. dev_meme 8mo
  
  Wdym you dont get it
  
  Deleted Account 8mo
  
  how google pay to apple 20b for being default search engine?
  
  @deimossos 8mo
  
  In safari
  
  Deleted Account 8mo
  
  what? 🤯🤔
  
  @deimossos 8mo
  
  ffs Google is default search engine in safari because Google pays apple 20b dollars. Otherwise it would be different
  
  Deleted Account 8mo
  
  now i understand why apple is very luxury
  
  dev_meme 8mo
  
  Or they would develop their own search engine 🤷
  
  @deimossos 8mo
  
  Pretty much
  
  Deleted Account 8mo
  
  wtf?
  
  @Darkangeel_hd 8mo
  
  Sick pfp man
  
  @deimossos 8mo
  
  Thanks
  
  @f0cu53d 8mo
  
  Yeah not bad, I borrowed it