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The missing piece of Apple's "hegemony" in its own ecosystem: Web Search. They still depend on Google, and it's surprising to me that they don't seem to care th
by x32n23nr 6y ago
The missing piece of Apple's "hegemony" in its own ecosystem: Web Search. They still depend on Google, and it's surprising to me that they don't seem to care that much.
- scarface74 6y agoThey get paid a reported $8 billion a year by Google not to care.
- alehul 6y agoSearch is one of those services that requires tracking to get right [1], whether to understand what we mean by a certain phrase, or to customize to a specific user. This makes it at odds with Apple’s emphasis on privacy. (See Siri for another example of a service that’s hindered by Apple’s privacy standards). [1] Many people will argue DuckDuckGo is okay, but by ‘right’ I mean competing with Google for the top slot for the everyday search user.