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Apple Deal Responsible for Google's Dominance in Search, Says Microsoft CEO
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DuckDuckGo doesn’t sell as much of my data?I've got some bad news..
DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement
The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract between the two companies.www.bleepingcomputer.com
I still suspect, even if he’s statutorily forbidden from doing so, Bill Gates still exerts influence at Microsoft.
For anyone who has followed Microsoft long enough, it became easy to spot stances and actions that were all Bill Gates.
In certain instances, it was easy to perceive when Microsoft’s behavior was really a manifestation of Bill Gates’ persona.
Attitudes like, No one must be allowed to succeed but Microsoft. No credit goes to anyone else.
Netscape must be destroyed. MSN must destroy AOL.
MSN Video must destroy YouTube. Office must destroy all spreadsheets, word processors and slideshow presentation apps/suites.
Zune must destroy iPod.
Microsoft “Nokia” must destroy iPhone.
Xbox must destroy PlayStation.
Microsoft Dynamics must destroy Oracle.
Bing must destroy Google. Surface must destroy iPad. Viva Engage must destroy Facebook. Mixer must destroy Twitch — and all other players. Azure must destroy AWS.
I’ve always thought that the most powerful of the forces that drove Bill Gates was jealously. (And secondarily, his quest for credit and recognition — something he would share with no one!)
The proof is seen in how Microsoft has wasted Billions in rash acquisitions and expensive “adventures” — many of which failed miserably — in disparate categories that Microsoft just couldn’t stay out of! (Because Bill Gates couldn’t contain his limitless jealousy, IMO.)
The failed Zune “adventure” to kill the iPod ended up costing Microsoft well over a Billion dollars — even forcing Microsoft (MSFT) to report a $289 Million loss one Financial Quarter.
Its Nokia “adventure” to destroy iPhone reportedly cost Microsoft at least $8 Billion (Source: The Verge).
These aren’t the actions of a judicious, discerning, responsible corporation; these are the reckless whims of a jealous, maniacal megalomaniac.
(IMHO.)
I don’t like Bill Gates, btw.
People shouldn't use big words when they don’t know what they mean.
The Title of the article and the first paragraph of the article says that the CEO of Mircrosoft is saying that, they think the dominance of google search is because of it being a default browser on Apple. My comment was just reversing that logic, with my opinion, that Apple made it the default because of its dominance.
Also a headline of an article should be representative of the article that it is representing, which it is in this case.
I actually prefer Bing's more visually enriched presentation of results. But the results themselves are just not nearly as useful. I've tried Bing, repeatedly, and have always gone back to Google because Google offers a superior search engine. Period.
I think I agree with you… since he stepped “away” things have sure changed for the better. It feels like a more open and collaborative company.
People should make themselves aware of their options, especially when it's so petty and is not within the purview of the government. Stop being so lazy, click on Safari settings, click on Search, and select the search engine from the list of options. You don't need an Act of Congress. The "People didn't know they could download another browser" (and now search engine) was not true then and isn't true now. Netscape was literally everywhere, online, in every catalog, in every magazine and in every computer store. It failed for other reasons.
Back then people had to know exactly where to go as well as how to get there, and this was before everyone was heavily exposed to the internet. It was not a basic menu setting built right into the OS like it is on iPhone. Plus I recall Netscape making quite a lot of noise in court because they were charging for the browser and IE was free.
Microsoft made a bunch of historically horrible strategy decisions and when they lost a bunch of them, they started lobbying for government oversight.
They are the default OS of every major computer manufacturer, but they didn’t invest when they needed to. Here’s a greatest hits of their mistakes when they had more dominance.
Windows Mobile
They thought their dominance with Exchange would keep the competitors at bay. They even thought that BlackBerry licensing Exchange would keep them going.
Internet Explorer
They sat on their laurels and Google are their lunch. The internet/users as a whole suffered for a long time until Safari came to the market, and incidentally helped Google with their core engine in Chrome.
Bing
Instead of increasing their investment they were distracted with silly acquisitions.
The list goes on.
Side note - it’s interesting how they avoid talking about how they use their monopoly PC position to force feed Edge and Teams down the throats of the user base.
They are the default OS of every major computer manufacturer, but they didn’t invest when they needed to. Here’s a greatest hits of their mistakes when they had more dominance.
Windows Mobile
They thought their dominance with Exchange would keep the competitors at bay. They even thought that BlackBerry licensing Exchange would keep them going.
Internet Explorer
They sat on their laurels and Google are their lunch. The internet/users as a whole suffered for a long time until Safari came to the market, and incidentally helped Google with their core engine in Chrome.
Bing
Instead of increasing their investment they were distracted with silly acquisitions.
The list goes on.
Side note - it’s interesting how they avoid talking about how they use their monopoly PC position to force feed Edge and Teams down the throats of the user base.
"Google uses its 90 percent share in Internet search to continually improve its service in ways that are impossible with Microsoft’s unsuccessful Bing search service. [...] Microsoft can’t afford to improve Bing enough to be competitive because doing so will not rely in a commensurate return in investment."
There are the words of one of the best Microsoft analysts and he is damn right.
Yes, but many unsavvy users (like, say, my parents) would also not even understand the question and tap on the first thing that looks like it’ll let them do what they actually want to do, and that would reduce Google search’s market share a little bit.
The fun thing to do would be to not ask the user and instead just select one search engine at random.
I like that idea.
God, I remember when Netscape and AOL online were the big guys. Then Yahoo for years. They all could’ve positioned themselves into billion dollar leaders but faded out quite a bit, if not completely.
Well, MS is not a
Or just look at the macOS search, it’s so bad that I always use the terminal when i search for files ( find ~/ -iname ‘*filename*' )
Well the CEO is the witness on the stand. He is witnessing on behalf of Microsoft. And the title is completely misleading because what the CEO said was that he endorses the DOJ line of thinking
And with this part about breaking habits. Are important missing pieces from the original article
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Again, not a single one of those quotes implies that the poster is unaware that Google is the one on trial.
For what? Crimes against Innovation? 😂
Speaking as a developer saying Apple has a search engine for looking at apps on your operating system and then saying it could one day form the backbone of a search engine for the internet, is a bit like saying you have wheels on your Toyota Corolla, so one day you could use them as the backbone to make a competitive formula one racing car.
I’m not talking about that. The ceo expressed zero criticism against apple. He just endorsed the governments view on Google as true.