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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

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858 points colesantiago | 3 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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LeoPanthera ◴[02 Sep 25 20:52 UTC] No.45108877[source]▶
The BBC is reporting the exact opposite of this headline.

"It's also free to keep making payments to partners such as Apple, to secure placement of its browser - another closely watched and contentious part of the case."

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg50dlj9gm4t

Edit: Even the CNBC body text contradicts its own headline. The confusion seems to be what "exclusive" means.

"The company can make payments to preload products, but they cannot have exclusive contracts, the decision showed."

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1. thayne ◴[02 Sep 25 21:39 UTC] No.45109426[source]▶
It sounds to me like they can pay Apple to pre-install chrome on Apple devices. But they can't pay Apple or Mozilla to be the default search engine in their browsers (Safari and Firefox).

And the latter is going to be pretty bad for Mozilla.

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2. thayne ◴[02 Sep 25 22:01 UTC] No.45109691[source]▶
> “Google is permitted to pay browser developers, like Apple,” he said in the decision. However, the partner company must promote other search engines, offer a different option in various operating systems or in privacy mode, and are allowed to make changes to the default search settings annually, Mehta wrote.

From https://archive.is/GJWPP#selection-1579.0-1579.309

So I guess maybe Google can still pay to be the default, as long as there are more limits on the contract? But I suspect those limits are going to result in lower payments.

3. makeitdouble ◴[02 Sep 25 23:05 UTC] No.45110266[source]▶
So they have to change the item name in their yearly check to Apple and Mozilla, and let them do the rest on their own ?