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Bingo. Every device that I can think of allows you to choose a default search engine. It would be very easy for me to use something other than Google; they have
by sjroot 6y ago
Bingo. Every device that I can think of allows you to choose a default search engine. It would be very easy for me to use something other than Google; they have no anticompetitive hold on how I explore the Internet and discover new services.
This article is written by someone who would personally profit from Google’s regulation. It’s an ad for his company disguised as virtue signaling.
- shakna 6y ago> Every device that I can think of allows you to choose a default search engine. Users, overwhelming, do not change defaults. Period. Unless there is a step where they are shown a range of options and select one, this is not an active choice for them.
- stickfigure 6y agoCitizens (at least in the US), overwhelmingly, don't vote. But that doesn't mean this isn't a democracy.
- qshqwudhoquc 6y agoThe second half of that sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting to get your point across.
- tolbish 6y agoYou were this close to stumbling on something insightful.
- hinkley 6y agoWhich is why Google paid the Mozilla Foundation a shitload of money to be the default search engine when Firefox was still running around 25% market share.
- scarface74 6y agoSo we need the government to come in because people don’t know what’s best for them?
- shakna 6y agoAlternatively, the government can be useful to ensure people know what options are available to them.