May not be in line with its values, but it's certainly in line with keeping the Feds off their back. I'd personally dare Apple to kick out Google. Wasn't it par

May not be in line with its values, but it's certainly in line with keeping the Feds off their back. I'd personally dare Apple to kick out Google. Wasn't it partially that exact Damoclesian situation that got Google on the Apple platform in the first place? Now don't misunderstand me. Google, along with FB, are probably the worst monopolies out there. But Apple pulls a stunt like that, I'm guessing the risk that the Feds would come at them would be extreme. No one's going to allow Apple to control search in addition to everything else, least of all the government. One solution could be to force Apple to use to another provider? Bing maybe? But that has all the same privacy problems. But the "Apple makes their own privacy protected search engine and it's default on every platform" option is a complete non-starter. Just about everyone in industry and government would demand action against that.