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I’m guessing the issue is because there isn’t a lot of merit in saying Apple and Google are totally stitched up when the options change by region and for the pl
by quitit 5y ago
I’m guessing the issue is because there isn’t a lot of merit in saying Apple and Google are totally stitched up when the options change by region and for the plaintiff there are at least 4 additional options other than Google.
EG Ecosia is a recent entry, so it does seem that Apple does look into this and introduce new options that can serve their audience size with sufficient quality results. Getting included seems more about making a unique and useful product.
Other than downloading another web browser which features more fine tuning options for web browsing, one can also download safari extensions that increase the search capability in both mobile/desktop safari. One such extension is called xSearch, which presents the familiar idea of using shortcut terms to direct search queries to any number of custom configurable search providers. The share sheet extension also extends this into other apps, and similarly because it uses the standard URL scheme, it can push queries into entirely different apps other than Safari for the search to take place. (eg search this text in the Twitter app.)
- Bombthecat 5y agoMost other search engines use Google under the hut anyway.. I'm wondering sind quite a whole, when Google will block them..
- exikyut 5y ago(s/hut/hood/; s/sind/since/; s/whole/while/; - no offense intended, just looking to save 10 seconds of headscratching)
- judge2020 5y agoOnly Startpage uses Google, to my knowledge, as there isn’t an API you can enable to start getting Google’s search results (without entering into talks with their sales / exec team). Bing does, though, and that’s why Brave and DuckDuckGo use Bing under the hood a lot.
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- jpadkins 5y agohttps://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/ https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/ That product includes an option to search the web. For example, kiddle.co uses it to provide some of their web search results. Also, many other search engines uses Google's search API. But as you said, that requires direct relationship with Google sales.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoDo you know any plugins or apps that let you search multiple engines at once and then lets you flip between results easily?
- quitit 5y agoMaybe check out “Search Extension for Safari”, it’s focus is specifically about rapidly switching engines to obtain different sets of results.