5 ms·
> Sacconaghi thinks Apple should consider acquiring the No. 4 search engine (after Google, Bing, and Yahoo)—privately held DuckDuckGo Oh please, literally nobo
by tcbasche 6y ago
> Sacconaghi thinks Apple should consider acquiring the No. 4 search engine (after Google, Bing, and Yahoo)—privately held DuckDuckGo
Oh please, literally nobody outside of tech has heard of DDG, let alone would want to use it on their iPhone
- bdcravens 6y agoThe question is, how many would care if when they searched on their phone the results went to search.apple.com? Again, we're talking about people outside of tech.
- austhrow743 6y agoNo it’s not. No reason to buy duck duck go if you’re not going to use the name. If they want Apple branded Bing search they could just work something out with Microsoft directly.
- bdcravens 6y agoI would agree, except for DDG's privacy stance, and the advantages Apple would have if they wanted to make that a marketing point as opposed to integrating with a third party.
- mbreese 6y agoI actually saw a DDG ad on the highway in my town recently (in the Midwest). I was a pretty surprised seeing this. Unfortunately, it wasn't as clear as it could have been about what it was. (My wife had no clue from the billboard what it was). So, at least they are trying to get more users (via billboard ads).
- blendergeek 6y agoDuckDuckGo recently launched a major billboard campaign. I first saw a billboard in the wild then saw their announcement when it was on Hacker News. https://duckduckgo.com/billboards/ https://duckduckgo.com/billboards/
- jedieaston 6y agoDrive around the southeast United States. There are DDG billboards everywhere.
- tcbasche 6y agoI would if I were allowed to fly overseas ;)
- tinus_hn 6y agoThey would have heard of it if it were called Apple Search.