Because of wheelbarrows full of money (and I switched to DuckDuckGo😀). Back to you Phil.
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Apple's Eddy Cue Explains Why Google is iPhone's Default Search Engine
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Taking money from google to set their search engine that uses our data as default = selling our data.
I read an article a couple weeks ago stating that Google owns about 90+% of the search engine market, so, it seems "appropriate" that Apple defaults to it ... that 90+% market share seems should be catching more attention by regulators than what Apple is doing ...
So if Apple does indeed choose Google as it is the best, what was Eddie's negotiating leverage that resulted in Google paying Apple wheelbarrow loads of money?
This sort of answer is frankly insulting and another example of the leaderships actions not matching with the words they spew out to customers. It's a politicians answer.
This sort of answer is frankly insulting and another example of the leaderships actions not matching with the words they spew out to customers. It's a politicians answer.
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Why wouldn't Apple want to get paid? Just because Google is the best search engine (others are quite good but not quite as good) doesn't mean Apple will do things for free.
Now Apple could not have a default and let you choose but Google gets 85+% of search engine traffic so most people would choose Google as default (some of that high use comes because Google is a default on many systems but it's also the default because provides good results).
Having Apple get paid by Alphabet Inc. to set Google as default is great business. Google makes money from searches and ads so it's smart for Apple to get money from them.
Thanks. But… Subjectively, I don’t notice any meaningful difference now between google and DDGs results tbh. So I’d rather use DDG.
Up and running as fast as possible? Has Eddy Cue set up an iPhone in the past 5 years? There’s a plethora of intrusive nonsense in the way.
Because it is in huge contradiction with apple’s supposed standing up for privacy
Think of the fee that Google pays Apple for default as reparations for photocopying iPhone back in 2007 with their CEO on Apple's board of directors. Android phone was a completely different thing before iPHone came out. It was blatant and Jobs wanted to go thermo-nuclear on them for just that.
Funny that Apple went its own way with Maps and didn't do that with search. Search is much easier to do than maps.
Nah, Google just pays billions and the others don't.
Anyone can use Google search without logging in, so that's a really poor excuse.
Anyone can use Google search without logging in, so that's a really poor excuse.
Under oath in court? Yup. The fact they don't means no one should trust these guys. Their morals are as deep as their pockets.
There is another reason that people often fail to think about...
If it wasn't Google, too many people would complain that they can't "Google" something. And Apple would rather not have to deal with helping the luddites change their settings over the phone or in-person, as it is a waste of resources.
If it wasn't Google, too many people would complain that they can't "Google" something. And Apple would rather not have to deal with helping the luddites change their settings over the phone or in-person, as it is a waste of resources.
To me, the choice popups are not the issue. It seems as the phones have gotten faster, the upgrade process has gotten slower with multiple pauses along the way. The two I hate is the verifying update and udating security settings.
MOST users prefer Google because it is the BEST search engine period. That was the truth. Being paid for it was a side benefit. Most users would be upset if they searched and it defaulted to ANYTHING ELSE, and Apple knows that. They didn't lie under oath.
This is business. Doesn’t matter what the actual value is, all about what you can get people to pay. And if there’s any company in the world that’s great at never leaving money on the table, it’s Apple.
If it were simple to change, Google wouldn't be paying so much to ensure that users are steered toward Google as the default. If it weren't about money, Apple could have a single screen during setup: "Choose a default search engine" with check boxes. But it IS about money, not user convenience.
Yeah I gotta admit he’s being a bit disingenuous there. Apple doesn’t miss the opportunity to push their own stuff during setup. I suppose you could say the line has to be drawn somewhere, you can’t give everyone every option during setup. But it’s telling what makes the cut and what doesn’t.
I use Bing for the award points.... I rack up enough points to get a $15 gift card to google every month easily, sometimes even $20. To be honest I can't say how Bing is better or worse than Google because I really haven't compared them in years. The only time I have used Google was if it was on someone else's computer and I never was thinking this better or this is a lot different than Bing.
What does Apple "push" during setup? FaceId, Apple Pay, Siri, which are integral to the iPhone. That's it. They don't have offers to download their office apps, they don't offer to sign you up for Apple Music, One, or anything. They are the least pushy. I'm fairly certain the competition load their phones with bloatware and many ads.
Not voluntarily but it would've been a good followup question e.g., would Apple still make Google search the default if Google didn't pay them many billions of dollars each year?
If the answer was "yes" then the next question would be, why does Google pay Apple many billions of dollars each year?
If the answer was "no" then the "it's the best" argument is potentially weakened.