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Thanks for that, that's very interesting. And indeed, has had no reporting whatsoever as far as I can tell.

Do you know if Microsoft, Yahoo, and Ecosia also pay for placement? Since those are the other options Safari provides?

You're right, I shouldn't have said it was false -- I thought I'd followed this subject very closely, and this is definitely not common knowledge at all. I stand corrected, thanks.



I haven't seen any details on what arrangements the other search engines have, this only came up during the DDG testimony.




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