Yahoo's main business is not search, so I don't know how bad it needs it. Of course more money is always good, and Yahoo is not a super growing company,
Alaso, this is the same strategy that turned Google from "best buddy" to "arch rival" in the eyes of Apple and pushed Apple to have its own mapping service and offer other search options.
This is also the level of control that motivates people to try Duckduckgo, or switch to firefox.
In the end I think Google has a net win, but the reaction of the partner companies seems to be more negative than neutral.
Alaso, this is the same strategy that turned Google from "best buddy" to "arch rival" in the eyes of Apple and pushed Apple to have its own mapping service and offer other search options.
This is also the level of control that motivates people to try Duckduckgo, or switch to firefox.
In the end I think Google has a net win, but the reaction of the partner companies seems to be more negative than neutral.