Apple Drops Bing Search Engine Results for Siri and Spotlight in Favor of Google

[mistafro]

Maybe they will announce YouTube 4K compatibility with ATV to return the favour?

 

[lunarworks]

THANK YOU.

Bing has always been terrible. For all my concerns about Google, their search engine is simply the best.

 

[ck2875]

Maybe they will announce YouTube 4K compatibility with ATV to return the favour?

I feel like they'll try to lock that behind YouTube Red

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Relents might be a more accurate word.

 

[bgraham]

How can one change Spotlight search to use DuckDuckGo instead?

Lol even Bing gives more relevant results than DuckDuckGo

 

[d5aqoëp]

Google may be evil and all but Google Search is best

 

[bgraham]

Microsoft must not have been paying as much.

When it comes to search engine bidding, the users are always the product.

Would you prefer to pay?

 

[Dr. James]

Honestly Bing has always returned better media results than Google and as of the past two years, more relevant search results than Google. I'm kind of disappointed to see this.

Well, Macrumours, you've done it. You've complained officially about everything. No people in their right mind would prefer Bing over Google. Of course, I would have thought that before checking the comments.

 

[Apple blogger]

Image results still provided by bing

Also, math results from wolframalpha

 

[Naraxus]

Once again Apple is being shown for the complete hypocrites they are. Everyone knows their stance on "user privacy" is mullarky and here's even more evidence. If they truly cared about user privacy they'd use Duck Duck Go.

 

[justperry]

I hope this is being done in a privacy conscious way with randomised UUID's and Apples servers handling the search so Google doesn't get our IP Addresses. That's all I have to say about this change.

I think it's most likely.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

How can one change Spotlight search to use DuckDuckGo instead?

I'd like to know this too.

 

[AppleMad98004]

I hope this is being done in a privacy conscious way with randomised UUID's and Apples servers handling the search so Google doesn't get our IP Addresses. That's all I have to say about this change.

Dream on.... Doing that would be a violation of Google's business model.

 

[miknos]

Google may be evil and all but Google Search is best

Try DuckDuckGo. You'll be impressed.

 

[Naraxus]

Dream on.... Doing that would be a violation of Google's business model.

Google doesn't sell your personal information.

 

[LordQ]

Great, time turn off location services for Siri.

We should be able to choose DuckDuckGo for Siri as well.

 

[Xytal]

Honestly Bing has always returned better media results than Google and as of the past two years, more relevant search results than Google. I'm kind of disappointed to see this.

Bing is really great at media searching. It honestly surprises me sometimes.

 

[justperry]

Once again Apple is being shown for the complete hypocrites they are. Everyone knows their stance on "user privacy" is mullarky and here's even more evidence. If they truly cared about user privacy they'd use Duck Duck Go.

You should read the comment below from @Quu, I am pretty sure Apple randomise IP addresses so Google does not know .... about who's done the query.

I hope this is being done in a privacy conscious way with randomised UUID's and Apples servers handling the search so Google doesn't get our IP Addresses. That's all I have to say about this change.

 

[Beyondyourage]

Great news, now if Apple would only replace Siri.

 

[james yates]

I can live without Siri and spotlight, I certainly do not want google having anything to do with my devices

 

[0003939]

This is a big blow to Apple's "privacy" policy and I am disappointed with it.

 

[AdonisSMU]

Privacy cancelled.

 

[Jakewilk]

Finally!!!!

 

[Quu]

Dream on.... Doing that would be a violation of Google's business model.

Seems I don't need to dream as they are protecting our privacy just as I said:

As is expected with Apple now, searches and results are all encrypted and anonymized and cannot be attributed to any individual user. Once you click on the ‘Show Google results’ link, of course, you’re off to Google and its standard tracking will apply. Clicking directly on a website result will take you straight there, not through Google.

 

[AppleMad98004]

Google doesn't sell your personal information.

"personal" is the key word. No they don't sell your name, email etc but they do collect your data (searches, topics etc) and sell that. And other companies (mine included) triangulate data from other sources to determine the real end users identity.