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Of course! Everyone assumes that Bing is just a drop-in replacement for Google, but it doesn't come without costs: Google has a massive brand identity. The phon
by irq11 17y ago
Of course! Everyone assumes that Bing is just a
drop-in replacement for Google, but it doesn't
come without costs: Google has a
massive brand identity. The phone with Google search has an implicit advantage over the phone with "Bing".
- glhaynes 17y agoIt's not like Google's gonna block iPhones from Google search.
- tptacek 17y agoGoogle is the default search engine of most Microsoft users. There's no way the iPhone is going to lose Google search. Meanwhile, search is simply not a huge part of my iPhone experience. Maps is actually a bigger deal to me --- but maps is also easier to replace.
- CapitalistCartr 17y agoGoogle is spending upwards of a billion US dollars to make Street View, in the process creating a top-notch street map of the World. And now they provide that data free, I doubt Google maps is so easily replaced, even with Bing Maps.
- cmelbye 17y agoI actually prefer Bing maps, because I believe it supports really nice zooming with Seadragon?