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Apple is sure concerned about privacy of their users until the Google dump truck full of cash arrives. Apple isn't the one tracking you everywhere but they're h
by josefresco 8y ago
Apple is sure concerned about privacy of their users until the Google dump truck full of cash arrives. Apple isn't the one tracking you everywhere but they're happy to sell access (to you) to someone who does!
- fitzroy 8y agoIt can be changed to another search engine without even opening Safari.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoMost people will never change their default search. This is why Google's dominance mostly started with pushing Google Toolbar installs which changed your default in IE for you, and later, of course, with it's push into Chrome and Android and paying Apple to be default there. If Chrome switched it's default search to DDG (no, this is not a plausible scenario), most people would be using DDG for search in a week.
- wolco 8y agoThe point is they are selling out your privacy for money. A lot of it.
- desertchicken 8y agoDoes the same standard not apply to companies like Mozilla?
- wolco 8y agoYes.
- askafriend 8y agoYou can change your settings easily. No need for such dramatic statements.
- wolco 8y agoYou can but a huge percentage won't or know how or won't bother assuming it is privacy safe because apple added it. There is nothing wrong with google but at least go through ddg with a hashbang.
- r00fus 8y agoWait a minute. Google is the market leader in search. Apple offers/highlights DDG, Bing and other engines, but many folks want Google.
- nodesocket 8y agoAgree, most users (excluding developers/power users), still default to Google. The default search engine can also quickly be changed if you wish.
- josefresco 8y ago> The default search engine can also quickly be changed if you wish Then why is it worth $9.4 billion?
- josefresco 8y agoClearly people want Google, Facebook and Amazon despite the potential for harm. But Apple champions your privacy, and these companies do not. Hence, the ethical conundrum. We should remember this, the next time Cook or anyone from Apple makes public statements about privacy. I would very much like to hear a journalist ask these tough questions (my apologies of someone already has). Apple is essentially handing these customers to Google and they know it - otherwise they wouldn't be able to ask for so much money in return.