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It’s interesting how all these points would be super simple to validate a decade ago. > They have no exclusive rights to "search". Bing, DDG, Yahoo, and more a
by hrktb 8y ago
It’s interesting how all these points would be super simple to validate a decade ago.
> They have no exclusive rights to "search". Bing, DDG, Yahoo, and more all compete in the same space.
They sponsor firefox and safari, so have exclusive rights on the default settings though.
Bing can’t be the default search engine on anything with more than 10% user share.
> They are not prevent me from using another search engine
Android system search is locked at the maker level if they include Google Play, and isn’t bootloader locking becoming the norm, worsening the locking ?
- lkbm 8y ago> They sponsor firefox and safari, so have exclusive rights on the default settings though. "They pay to be the default so no one else can" is kind of a silly argument. If Yahoo had paid more and/or hadn't had terrible results, it probably still would be the default.
- lubujackson 8y agoAnd they have the money to pay for placement because they make more money from search because everyone uses Google already... hmm. If everyone likes Google best, why do they bother paying anything for the default settings? Or are they simply protecting their dominant position by using their dominant position?