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> 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 wh
by 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.