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Some things to note: * The Amazon Echo uses Bing as it's default search engine, which almost certainly explains why the US has so much larger usage than other
by cyphar 9y ago
Some things to note:
* The Amazon Echo uses Bing as it's default search engine, which almost certainly explains why the US has so much larger usage than other countries (since Amazon is so big in the US).
* Windows' search bar feature searches the internet by default with Bing. As an aside, it's interesting to me how bad the backlash was on Canonical for doing this a few years ago, but it appears most Windows users don't care.
* Edge uses Bing by default, and a not-insignificant number of internet users likely don't know (or care) to change their default search engine. Hell, some people probably just Bing "google" and then use Google. I've seen my grandparents do that before.
So really these statistics seem to be quite misleading.
- marcosdumay 9y ago> but it appears most Windows users don't care. That's very likely. Probably, most people that care are using Linux or something more niche. That's why Linux distros can not do the same. That is similar to the walled garden situation, where Apple can wall their users, but Microsoft can't.
- thephyber 9y ago> So really these statistics seem to be quite misleading. I would argue it's less that they are misleading and more that people are still learning that there is more than one way to initiate a search. Do most people know that typing in the Windows Start Bar initiates a web search?
- cyphar 9y ago> Do most people know that typing in the Windows Start Bar initiates a web search? I hope so, or otherwise we would have to decide that making local search functionality ping the internet is unethical[1]. I'm only half joking of course, but it's more than a little worrying that there isn't more outrage about this. [1]: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/ubuntu-online-search-feature-disabled-16-04 http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/ubuntu-online-search-feat...