ilmagico @ ilmagico @lemmy.world

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It is alleged Google protects its franchise by shelling out billions of dollars annually to be the default search engine on the iPhone and on web browsers such as Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox.

This has never been a secret, for years (decades) browsers like firefox, back when it was the dominant browser, would have its default search engine choice given to the highest bidder. At times, it was yahoo, or bing, before google outbid them in the following release of the browser. Obviously the same happens for safari, to noone's surprise.

So, the real question is: why does this come up only now as potentially illegal?

we really need to be cranking up things like UBI and separating access to healthcare from employment.

Of course, some of those things are already there in non-USA countries. The US just needs to join the rest of the civilized world.

And if they do they could let Ukraine use it, as they're likely more trustworthy than Musk.

Still, I dont see in that article where it says Taiwan is building its own system, is there another source?

Unless it explicitly says so, I'd assume the worst option, i.e. that you'll be tracked one way or another.

I really wish they'd just kill it. We already have one tiktok, which is already one too many

There is no set amount of USD that defines the line between "wealthy" and "poor". Your $120k figure would go a lot further in Mississippi or Texas that it would go in California or Massachusetts, where that would be barely enough for a large family.

There's definitely a place (or two) in the US where a family struggles with $120k/yr. Sure, just move to Mississippi, I guess ...

Lots of people have families in high COL cities and live on significantly less money than that.

They would be considered "poor" there, or at least not wealthy.

I literally spent $24k on home repairs this summer, and I just pay it in payments, and I make 6 figures.

Well good for you, I guess.

No normal person pays this in cash, outright.

I guess I'm not normal.

My roof replacement a few years back was $8k

Good for you, that would get you half a roof here, and insurance won't cover if it's considered normal wear and tear.

Or maybe they have a family with kids, they live in an expensive part of town, but moving is not an option due to job constraints, or maybe the kids are going to school there and moving would be disruptive. Maybe that area didn't use to be so expensive 10 years ago. They need cars, not 80k cars, but large enough to haul said family around, cause maybe public transportation sucks where they live. Heck, maybe they bought those cars in cash, no payments, but gas, insurance & maintenance (maybe they're old cars) are killing them. Car prices are too expensive to get a new car, so they keep spending 1000s in repairs instead. Maybe a hurricane, strong winds or just normal wear and tear made their house roof leak, thats $20k right there, ask me how I know.

Also, a 600k house is cheap and almost impossible to find in California, for example. No, moving to Texas is not an option, thanks.

Edit: the example above is hypothetical, not my current situation, but based on my experience.

Not you OP, the top level commenter in this thread said this

Not you OP, the top level commenter

Ok, now we're talking. That will get me through a couple of years if managed well, so I would have the luxury to be choosy about my next job, get multiple offers (hopefully) and not have to sacrifice on having fun while looking. Still, I'd be planning to get a new job in 2-3 months max, ideally.

People downvoting have never lived a different country, or city, than where they were raised ... seriously, cost of living varies wildly. 10k/month in expenses with a family, house (mortgage, insurance, maintenance, etc), cars (gas, maintenance, insurance, etc) travel / vacations, you name it, is not unreasonable.

Rent for a 1b apartment is more than that in some cities in California.

Edit: I see this was responding to someone spending 2.6k just on their credit cards, apologies. When I just graduated, spending that much on a credit card seemed like a lot of money. Now, that's just average ... on one credit card. Try having a family, traveling, or ... I don't even know, but life catches up with that pretty quickly.

If I had 10k and no job, I'd be panicking and rushing to get whatever job I can get!

I'm happy to hear that wherever you live is a helluva lot cheaper than Cali

Yes, exactly this

I would be broke in 2 months or less ... life got expensive quick where I live. I wonder where OP lives?

Clearly it's Cypress Hill's lead voice ... oh wait... I'm old

Non-paywalled link: https://archive.ph/wXMp5

I guess this is a "comment", not a "post" ... but then again, what are you commenting on?

Somebody let their domain expire and this happened.. I mean, it is at least somewhat tech related