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if history search worked better then you would visit google/bing less, so I expect pushback from browser vendors also: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/iss
by coolvision 3y ago
if history search worked better then you would visit google/bing less, so I expect pushback from browser vendors
also: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=297648 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=297648
- TeMPOraL 3y agoFrom a comment on that issue page, dating a little over a decade ago: > Shouldn't this be left to users to decide whether they want a feature or not. Yes, those were good times. Nowadays, it's anathema to software vendors, and increasingly even to open source devs.
- totetsu 3y agoAnother advertising revenue win for Query Jerry from marketing.
- poyu 3y agoNot every browser vendor runs a search engine…
- janalsncm 3y agoApple and Mozilla aren’t Google. Apple runs their own searches on the App Store and iPhone, but Google pays them to be default. There’s no reason Apple couldn’t also index your search history in a more meaningful way other than perhaps space requirements.