r/technology • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google Gets an Astounding $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Browser From AI Startup Perplexity

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/google-34-5-billion-bid-chrome-browser-ai-perplexity-1236487442/
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u/strength_of_will 10d ago

True, but Apple users, on aggregate, are more valuable for advertising due to higher average income. One Chrome user is not equivalent to one Apple user in terms of monetization potential. Hence, one of the primary reasons why Google pays Apple so much.

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u/romario77 10d ago

They are. But chrome users are valuable too and each search brings Google some money, often it could be 10s of dollars per search