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> The claim that any user can switch to Bing by just typing in a different URL is ridiculous. I've had this exact argument here on HN in the past many times h
by dominotw 9y ago
> The claim that any user can switch to Bing by just typing in a different URL is ridiculous.
I've had this exact argument here on HN in the past many times
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15045653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15045653
> It takes me all of 10 seconds to type duckduckgo.com, and maybe 30 to switch default search engines for the browser.
I personally think this monopoly is way more evil and insidious that ISP monopoly. It should bother us way more than net neutrality but for some reason it doesn't. I suspect because google and co are considered to be on "our side" and would be generally good for society.