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Google’s deal with Apple is specifically for iPhone’s built in web browser. Apple was working on a web search engine, but killed it off after Google renewed the

• CharlesW 4y ago
  > Apple was working on a web search engine, but killed it off after Google renewed their deal the first time. They might've said they killed it off (I haven't seen reports of that), but the Applebot crawler has been increasingly indexing the web for at least 8 years, ostensibly for services like Siri and Spotlight: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204683 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204683 Also, we know Apple hates to be beholden to other companies, triply so for core platform capabilities. Search is surely that, especially as its importance extends beyond the web into meatspace — streets, stores, things, etc. Apple will introduce web search based on their search engine when it's clear that it beats Google in notable ways. If that takes another 5 years, I'd guess they're fine with that.