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Now's the time to lobby for Google's unfair cross-screen lock-in to end. Google shouldn't be the default search engine on Android or Chrome. It's incredibly mo
by echelon 3y ago
Now's the time to lobby for Google's unfair cross-screen lock-in to end.
Google shouldn't be the default search engine on Android or Chrome. It's incredibly monopolistic. All users should get the right to choose before defaults are forced upon them.
Their payment of blood money to Apple and Mozilla are also unfair given the fact that they already own all of the other real estate.
- richwater 3y ago> It's incredibly monopolistic. It takes less than 30 seconds to change and Chrome is a product _they own_. Take some personal agency. The government doesn't need to hand hold you to change your search engine.
- echelon 3y agoMost people aren't technical. An enormous number of people don't even realize Google isn't the internet. Defaults are the most powerful force field imaginable at population scale. It's like lead in the water. Even technical users are dragged down by the second and third order impacts of defaults imposed upon the masses. For instance, Google gets to control how the web works and there's nothing you can do about it. We should favor robust and healthy competition. Make Google sweat a bit more to earn their place, and give the ecosystem vibrant alternatives that force more rapid innovation.