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> But it could not be simpler or easier to bypass Google. Really? Unless you pay Apple considerably more, you will have a google search bar prominently on your
by yabadabadoes 7y ago
> But it could not be simpler or easier to bypass Google.
Really? Unless you pay Apple considerably more, you will have a google search bar prominently on your phone that you can gimp but cant hide or change to another search provider.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI was thinking about on a desktop, but even on mobile, tapping the browser icon and then tapping the address bar is not a burden from my perspective. Perhaps google is abusing their position as makers of Android, but it’s tough to see a argument to not let them put their own search bar on their own software.
- yabadabadoes 7y agoA profit model based on the defaults is certainly pretty reasonable, and eforcing that on manufacturers is perhaps logical, but if a company is afraid of letting the user change the defaults to use different combinations of products that they prefer then you are basically the reason for antitrust legislation. (Either the products require this coercion, few people would switch or you are using a product in one area to prevent new competition in another.)
- mokus 7y agoI have been racking my brain for several minutes now trying to figure out what you’re taking about. I never paid Apple anything to switch my Safari search bar to DuckDuckGo, and I can’t imagine 3rd party browsers are restricted from using a plain address bar or any search provider they want
- yabadabadoes 7y agoI meant 80% of the market runs Android primarily on hardware price.. If you are using a newer Android, the manufacturer has been coerced to make a google search bar not only prominent but impossible to hide, even manually by the user.
- mokus 7y agoAh, that makes sense. I was afraid maybe you were referring to something horrible coming in iOS 13