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The frenemy status of Google-Samsung is once again on display. Samsung probably hasn't been happy with the Google's continued Pixel phone push :p But why is Go
by paulpan 3y ago
The frenemy status of Google-Samsung is once again on display. Samsung probably hasn't been happy with the Google's continued Pixel phone push :p
But why is Google paying Apple to be the default search engine on iOS devices?
It seems a waste of money as Apple would be stupid to default to any other search engine given the lower search quality results. End users would notice if there was a result degradation and likely switch their default. Google seems to be playing the "Intel Inside" part without reaping the marketing benefits and only paying the traffic acquisition costs.
- Sai_ 3y agoApple may not consider any other default search engine only in the absence of a search engine other than google offering a pot of money to be the default search engine.
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoso without a default search engine what happens when you type some words in the address bar like every user has been trained to do?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y agoThe first time, you're presented with a prompt to choose your default search engine.
- bushbaba 3y agoOr they’d ask users which search engine they’d prefer. Likely a non small amount would prefer chat-Bing just to try it out
- tadfisher 3y agoIf Samsung really wasn't happy, they wouldn't be manufacturing Google's phones and providing custom silicon. I think the Pixel phones are a blip on Samsung's radar in terms of competition.
- w0m 3y agoSamsung also tried to push their own mobile OS for a long while after android become dominant. Samsung is large enough that it's hard to tell overarching strategy though.
- carlosjobim 3y agoApple could spin up a better search engine than Google in a swirley. The big question is why haven't they!?
- SSLy 3y agoThey already have one -- it's the iOS spotlight Web search
- eric_cc 3y ago> in a swirley What does this even mean?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y agoBecause they can't do it "in a swirly." It took them many years and a tremendous amount of money for Apple Maps to not be laughably bad. They can absolutely build a solid search engine with enough money and time, but what would be gained? It's better to just collect Google's checks.
- carlosjobim 3y agoWhy can't they do it? A tiny boot strapped company like Kagi has already made a much better search engine than Google. Are no good engineers working at Apple, or what is missing in the equation? > but what would be gained? People needing to buy an Apple device to reap the benefits of the internet, as Google continues to sink into their SEO-optimized malware swamp.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoSiri can’t even find anything useful on my phone…
- vitorgrs 3y agoYou realize that before google paid, microsoft actually did it and bing was used in Siri even, right?