Even worse most people here blindly criticize everything apple does. Even though apple is one of the most privacy focused of tech companies.…is a human right.
LOL. And worst part if that most people here blindly believe anything Apple says.
Even worse most people here blindly criticize everything apple does. Even though apple is one of the most privacy focused of tech companies.…is a human right.
LOL. And worst part if that most people here blindly believe anything Apple says.
But you could say that about every product.
The reason the product doesn’t have X feature is either because a) it isn’t possible or b) the manufacturer of that product doesn’t want it to have that feature.
It’s up to us as consumers to send signals to the market by either buying (or not buying) the products that a company offers.
Even worse most people here blindly criticize everything apple does. Even though apple is one of the most privacy focused of tech companies.
I doubt it.Would it have made more sense for Apple to have bought Bing or DuckDuckGo
To keep Apple from making a deal with Microsoft.So why pay?
I think most people I know would say “just search it”.
I personally say “just AltaVista it”
The Post PC Era is in full swing. I mean that in the sense that Steve Jobs meant it: most people are doing the vast majority of their computing on iPhone or other mobile devices.Suckers. now we know where a good chunk of Apple revenue comes from
sure hope the iPhone sales stay high in the coming years.
Mac sales have been FLAT.
Just Duck it! 🤣There’s a reason for the saying…
“Just Google it”
“Just Bing/DuckDuckGo it”…
Said no one EVER…
Prime example of a post that cites facts but has hyperbolic conclusion. Apple CarPlay is not abandoned; iPhone sales are not stagnating nor is it the end of the world with AVP.
At any rate posts like this tend to go stale at earnings calls.
While that is certainly true, it doesn’t pin a number on the halo effect of users on iPhone moving over to their Macs and PCs to do the same (since people generally use what they are most comfortable with). I’d be interested in THAT value as I’m guessing it’s substantially more than $55B.They make about $55B in revenue from searches conducted on Safari.... it says right there in the article they pay Apple 36%
Agreed, it's extremely annoying. I have never and will never say "google it". Google is trash now anyway... Apple should move on from the dumb deal with them... and also let people use any search engine they want instead of the small handful of approved search engines.Everybody I know says 'search'. Using Google as a verb sounds very annoying...
Just tried Brave Search app and I have to agree with you. It’s pretty good and I believe it’s better than Duck Duck Go. When you go into the app, it has links to YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, etc. If you click on the YouTube link, I haven’t experienced any ads of the videos I’ve viewed. I compared the regular YouTube app to double check myself and watched the same video. Sure enough there was 2 shameless ads at the beginning of the video. I would definitely give Brave search a shot if you are looking for an alternative to Google.Please add the ability for us to add custom search engines. I recently switched to Brave Search and it is the only search engine to come close to Google, and they have way more privacy.
Edit: I had to purchase an app, XSearch, to make it work with Safari and Spotlight.
As soon as we first pay for using their products..I wanna get paid for being a product of Google. Is that possible?![]()
I wanna get paid for being a product of Google. Is that possible?![]()
According to Apple’s last 10k filing, $20 billion is 23.5% of Apple’s total fiscal year 2023 services revenue of $85.2 billion. At that percentage, “large chunk” is almost an understatement.I understand why Google pays this kingly sum—Apple’s platforms drive more traffic to Google than Windows and Android combined—but from a regulatory standpoint, this arrangement does not seem sustainable, and if for whatever reason it goes away, that would be a large chunk of Apple’s annual “services” revenue out the door.
Not only can it be easily changed, but you have other tools you can use to keep Google from tracking all your activity. Never create a Google or YouTube account. If you have to have one for work, only log into it from a device used exclusively for work and always log out of it. [As an aside: Keep work and personal devices separate. Don’t do personal things on your work computer. Don’t do work things on your personal devices.] Turn on “Private Relay”. Use “Hide My Email” and pseudonyms when creating accounts. Use private browsing for your searches and access to other Google services. Use a VPN to get another layer of protection to prevent tracking by IP address.To be fair, they don’t force you to use Google. It’s just the default browser, that can easily be changed but the user.