I wish Google would pay me to remain my default search engine...
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Google Could Pay Apple $3 Billion to Remain Default Search Engine on iOS
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Just wow! $3B revenue that really requires Apple to do... nothing! Nice move 
Volunteering to sell your data to google. However, don't need Google to pay 3b and people are already willing to do that.
Apple just needs to make DDG its default search engine and spend some time promoting the service on its website and iPhone keynote and you will get people talking about it.
I work technical support for these devices. The majority of people search google then go to google from the google search result then search what they’re looking for. Usually Facebook.com.
So I could spend my whole time at work changing people's default search engines. Wooo. Not.
I think this counters any argument that Apple is not all that different in making consumers the product
They do; their services are free for you to use, thus saving you both time and effort of going to the library. Effectively, they are paying you.
The whole point of the fee IS to make it the default option. I doubt even 5% of users ever change the default.
I think this counters any argument that Apple is not all that different in making consumers the product
This.
In public Tim Cook mocks other companies that sell access to their customers, all the while taking huge kickbacks from Google (and from banks with Apple Pay) for doing just that.
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Hey, I'd rather have google pay me for my info than to voluntarily give it...
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Lol, I don't use many of their services. Perhaps I should use up more of their resources to gain a better ROI on my info?They do; their services are free for you to use, thus saving you both time and effort of going to the library. Effectively, they are paying you.
The search results are garbage and it doesn’t even show the hot articles or the news when you do a simple search like “iOS” . Microsoft has tried making Bing the default search many times but eventually people still Followed the convuluted process in IE and Edge to change it to Google and the same will happen wi5 Apple.
Google rules in search.nothing comes close.
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No they are not. You could effectively call it a bribe of sorts as Apple is called the messiah of privacy but throw in some $$$ and everything changes.I think this counters any argument that Apple is not all that different in making consumers the product
Apple. Google. Microsoft. They are all the same.
I agree with you on that, if they ask Apple will give and not tell you. I'm a Apple fan, but the wrong people are in charge of the company.I think this counters any argument that Apple is not all that different in making consumers the product
You could effectively call it what it is. A smokescreen. Apple doesn't have a search engine. The use google and therefore sell their user base to google. But you agreed with my point in the end. All the companies are the same when it comes to data. Their privacy policies pretty much are an exact match. But somehow people argue Apple is "better."
Just wow! $3B revenue that really requires Apple to do... nothing! Nice move
That sweet Google money
DuckDuckGo all the way for me. First thing I change when I get a new device.