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Apple did switch to Bing at one point. The default search engine in Safari is likely just a matter of money to them. Apple already competes with Google in some
by snowwrestler 5y ago
Apple did switch to Bing at one point. The default search engine in Safari is likely just a matter of money to them.
Apple already competes with Google in some search verticals, for example if you ask Siri to find a pizza restaurant, you will get an iOS pop-up with results that link to Yelp for reviews and Apple Maps for directions.
I don’t see Apple competing directly against Google in general-purpose search. But I could definitely see them expanding what iOS does “natively” to include Siri handling more queries itself rather than punting out to Google results.
- Spivak 5y agoWhich is honestly super annoying on iOS Safari because if you want to highlight and search for something on a page you have to go to the lookup screen, which will almost always be empty, and then click the web search button.
- jazzyjackson 5y agodo they have a deal with yelp? i wish i could swap out tripadvisor as the default for maps results
- brundolf 5y agoI wouldn't mind it if it didn't force me to install the Yelp app to see more details/photos. They must have some kind of deal.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoApple is rolling out their own reviews system so I expect Yelp and the other sources to be phased out in the coming years.
- brundolf 5y agoI dearly hope so. It's the only thing I don't like about Apple Maps.
- reaperducer 5y agoIt seems to be at least partially content-related, because I've seen both Yelp and TripAdvisor in Apple Maps.
- coryfklein 5y agoWell Apple isn't exactly known for giving things away for free, so putting Yelp as the top-tier result in Apple Maps is a pretty good indicator that a deal was made.