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Why Google Pays Apple $18 Billion Every Year (open.substack.com)
submitted 11 months ago by 4realz@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] puppy@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the type of articles I expect to find in !savedyouaclick@lemmy.nrd.Ii

Not the technology community.

[–] 4realz@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

Oh. Noted.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Because they make more than 18 billion off of it.

[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone here know how money transfers like this actually work? Stacks of $100s? Armored carriages full of doubloons? Briefcases exchanged at the train station?

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

They just shuffle money around in off-shore accounts.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Computers transfer some numbers