When did you last try it? My experience has been the opposite DuckDuckGo is amazing for programming questions and typically provides them in the instant answer section while Google struggles to find anything relevant.
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Google Could Pay Apple $15 Billion to Maintain Default iOS Search Engine Status in 2021, Suggests Analyst
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Lol tinfoil hat god level. Ban Google altogether from your use but throw your money at Apple who profits with your data as well, this is one of many examples.
Its not the amount its the search bubble no privacy focused search engine will ever give you the same feeling. Religious individuals will see results that align with their world view same for political or other controversial topics like vaccinations. Duckduckgo might link to something that challenges your worldview making it seem worse than it is when Google only gives you what you want to see or hear.
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These days I tell people to ‘Duck Duck Google it’, which is exactly what I do. I find DuckDuckGo great for maybe 80% of my searches. If it comes up short, I try Google. That’s the great thing about having choices folks—there’s no law that says you have to pick one and stick to it!
This deal is proof that Apple has never cared about user privacy or having "privacy by default" or whatever. Apple wants to maximize profits and they have no higher objective than that.
Google doesn't pay Apple $15B for fun - they pay that to acquire the data from the 99% of Apple users who will never bother changing the default search engine.
Google doesn't pay Apple $15B for fun - they pay that to acquire the data from the 99% of Apple users who will never bother changing the default search engine.
Can you actually prove that 99%? Or is that number an opinion.
Basically the above seems fictionalized.
This has been true for me as well. I would LIKE to use DuckDuckGo (competition is healthy and good) but it always falls short. I'm curious as to how so many others find it to be usable and preferable over Google.
I use Bing daily... primarily to rack up the Amazon gift cards through Bing rewards... most of the time search results are inferior to Google's. If I'm not satisfied with Google's results, I'll try Bing, and it almost always provides the thing I'm looking for.
Remarkable that Google is paying so much for something that anybody can change. I’ve been using DDG as the default search engine for years. And I find stuff, how about that?🍸😹
Google the best search engine? I don't know about that. It used to be. But I switched to DuckDuckgo years ago and haven't really noticed it being any better or worse than google. Except now I have bit more privacy. My policy is to never use google products if I can help it, and it's working out pretty well. I never get those creepy ads that show up because you talked about something at a friend's house, or whatever. The only targeted ads I get are for things I specifically searched for on amazon or some other shopping site.
If this is worth Google's while, think how much money Google makes off each Apple user who leaves Google as the default and what they do with your information to make that money. Do you really think it's in your best interest as a user to use Google?
Google is not the best search engine. It's the best at bribing companies to stick them is as the default and since most people use them, they just assume they're the best.
What's the "best" search engine and by whose metrics?
It's not only Apple ios users. But a lot of ios users also search on a mac, pc, ipad or other tablet. In other words, does the ios user, on a device that is not ios driven, still use google?
A lot of money!!!! Google surely wants to be apple’s default search engine.
Duck Duck Go sucks, especially for tech stuff. But it is my default because the only way DDG will get better is to use it.
Google should just pay me $12 million to walk around giving people directions and recommendations.
Ahh, lord no. Apple Siri AI sucks, apple spellchecking sucks. I am not aware of any Apple end use AI that does not suck. Sure Apple makes great tools, but I cannot imagine Apple search being any good whatsoever.
HATE everything about Google and do my best to never use any of their products. That said, I'm glad they are giving Apple all this money.... just that none of it has been made from me.