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Google paid Samsung an 'enormous' amount of money to prioritize Gemini in One UI (9to5google.com)
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As Google sits in the hot seat for paying companies to utilize its products in place of any competition, court testimony reveals that Google did the same thing with Gemini. Samsung was reportedly paid a lot of money to push Gemini as a preinstalled app in One UI.

According to the report, the contract was set for at least two years. In it, Google set out to regularly pay Samsung for each device that has Gemini pre-installed. The ads within the app are also a part of the deal, with Google paying Samsung a percentage of revenue from interactions.

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[โ€“] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And it's terrible

[โ€“] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Any app forced on the market is pure trash and should not be allowed