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> All of this really drove home that the browser URL bar doubling as a search input has to be the single largest money-printing UI element ever made. This is m
by kibwen 3y ago
> All of this really drove home that the browser URL bar doubling as a search input has to be the single largest money-printing UI element ever made.
This is mistaken; Google has been paying to be the default in Firefox since long before Chrome popularized the idea of merging the URL bar and search bar (which, thankfully, you can still turn off in Firefox; I'd prefer not to render my URL bar useless for searching my history).
- ksjskskskkk 3y agowhat two people do with their hidden browser settings is irrelevant to the world. they darkpatterned the world into using AOL Keywords.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI think yahoo got the default firefox search spot for a couple of years a few years back. That my have just been in my region though.