I don't believe that. Per Eddy Cue, Apple put Google as the default search engine because it's the best.
Why would Apple have Bing as the default when it's not the best?
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Microsoft Considered Selling Bing to Apple in 2020
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I don't believe that. Per Eddy Cue, Apple put Google as the default search engine because it's the best.
Why would Apple have Bing as the default when it's not the best?
There's another context missing from this article. Jonathan Tinter was testifying that Google was to blame for Bing being kept "small":
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-executive-says-google-deals-kept-bing-small-2023-09-28/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-executive-says-google-deals-kept-bing-small-2023-09-28/
Am I having false memories, or wasn't Bing the search engine for Siri when it first launched? I seem to remember that it wasn't until the next year that it started using Google.
Not sure Apple would do any better job than Microsoft is doing. And Google is getting steadily worse, so everyone is settling toward a mediocre medium.
And chat bots aren't the answer, they're just searching the search engine for you.
Not sure Apple would do any better job than Microsoft is doing. And Google is getting steadily worse, so everyone is settling toward a mediocre medium.
And chat bots aren't the answer, they're just searching the search engine for you.
I keep forgetting about Bing Rewards. Apparently even paying me isn't enough.
I keep trying, but I keep finding myself having to type !g so often I just switch it back. I'll give it another go.
google is pretty good for doing basic academic research but for most people all these engines should be sufficient
I'm confused, "... Google and Apple last inked a deal in 2021, facilitated by Cue, and as of 2020, Apple was collecting $4 billion and $7 billion annually from Google..."
What is the "and"? There was no comparison or two sets of items before this?
I think it's supposed to be "TO":
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
What is the "and"? There was no comparison or two sets of items before this?
I think it's supposed to be "TO":
Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Replacement - BNN Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple Inc. around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker’s devices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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You'd think Google could have gotten Google Maps to be the default map app given the ~$16bn they give Apple.
Obviously if Apple has their own app in the game, they’re not going to make the competitors’ app the default over it. So if Cue was thorough, he would have said Google was the best search engine AND Apple didn’t have a dog in the search engine race. Why Apple chose to get into maps but not search, I don’t know.
I’ve been using DDG for years and it’s pretty good nowadays. I supplement it with ChatGPT for more complex queries. Rarely, if I’m really stuck with researching something, I’ll open Chrome and Google and run a search. But I find myself doing that less and less, especially since ChatGPT came out.
I would have thought Apple acquiring DuckDuckGo would have made more sense, since they’re both all about privacy etc..
It honestly isn't half bad. I usually rack up enough points for an Amazon gift card or something before long. Edge wouldn't be half bad either, if they stopped forcing down our throats and collecting mountains of data.
What antitrust concerns would there have been? Apple wasn't really in the search engine business and Bing was (and still is) a fairly small player in that market.
Not too long ago Siri used bing for its results, of course after a while they back tracked due to the quality of the results
Very occasionally I use "!g" in DuckDuck Go when it doesn't give me the depth I need. So I can use Google without being tracked. 99% of the time, though, it's fine.
Not to mention their endless privacy spin… only to funnel their users to the biggest privacy invader of all. Reeks of hypocrisy.
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Yup microsoft is definitely the precursor to google suite. As much as I disdain Xbox since that first fat controller onward, ya gotta tip your hat to those 1990 window days! Those glorious freezes and crashes and when it worked!…hook it to the veeeeeeinsssssss!!!!
lol it’s coming like theapple car, I can feel it…maybe they debut together?… but for now, it’s just Siri and her funny, deadpan delivery of jokes
Apples needs its own web search with new modern AI capabilities. Also deeply integrated in ecosystem.