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Google pays Apple for the privilege to be the first. Another way to think it is that Google pays Apple, so that they don't create their own search engine.
by nabla9 5y ago
Google pays Apple for the privilege to be the first.
Another way to think it is that Google pays Apple, so that they don't create their own search engine.
- HWR_14 5y agoI actually don't think Apple could build a good search engine. They believe in privacy, and will be compared to engines that track you everywhere. Or, it might be possible. But their constraints will make it far harder to build even a comparable search.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoWouldn’t the search be like the old days of google before they personalised everything?
- naravara 5y agoDDG is already a comparable privacy first search engine. Apple would just need to buy them in they cared, but instead they just promote them.
- jmbwell 5y agoApple is operating a search engine right under our noses, hiding behind Siri. Applebot is regularly crawling the web. They’re probably much further along toward a privacy-focused search product than any of us would know.
- HWR_14 5y agoI thought Siri's web results were returned from tour chosen search engine in settings. Does it use its own search?
- jmbwell 5y ago"Web results" are. "Siri Suggested Websites" and "Siri Knowledge" are not — those are fed by Applebot. "Applebot is the web crawler for Apple. Products like Siri and Spotlight Suggestions use Applebot." — Apple's support document about Applebot.
- HWR_14 5y agoI've wondered why no one has bought wolfram alpha and used it to power knowledge bases. Certainly it seems cheaper for Apple to have down that as a start point than to start from scratch. Maybe it's too technical for most users?
- edude03 5y agoDoesn’t apple already have a search engine? Where do the results for Siri suggestions come from? (I really don’t know) Just this morning I searched “air purifier” in safari and it suggested the wirecutter “best air purifiers” article
- nabla9 5y agoSiri uses Google by default.