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1. That sounds like an Apple issue, not a Google issue 2. That sounds perfectly reasonable. Google doesn't want people to bundle other things for users who wa
by Ferret7446 2y ago
1. That sounds like an Apple issue, not a Google issue
2. That sounds perfectly reasonable. Google doesn't want people to bundle other things for users who want to install just a different default search (and not "your hotbar" like the Netscape days).
3. I'm not sure what you're talking about, is Chrome on Linux default search configured differently than Chrome on Windows?
- currysausage 2y ago> That sounds like an Apple issue True. But guess who’s paying Apple good money in order to remain the default search engine. Who knows what else might be part of this deal?
- Ferret7446 2y agoMoving the goalposts? This is about the list of allowed baked in search engines, not what the default is.
- fallingknife 2y agoEverybody who has read the contract. What are you alleging?
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoAntitrust breach, market manipulation, collusion, wage suppression - basically the usual stuff they do. Oh, and when they agreed to suppress wages through an anti-poaching agreement, was that explicit in the contract? https://fortune.com/2015/09/03/koh-anti-poach-order/ https://fortune.com/2015/09/03/koh-anti-poach-order/
- fallingknife 2y agoWTF does that have to do with the default search agreement? You just listed a bunch of unrelated bad things companies did.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoWe are discussing if the agreement is in good faith or possibly it’s there to cover up nefarious intent.
- asddubs 2y ago>2. That sounds perfectly reasonable. Google doesn't want people to bundle other things for users who want to install just a different default search (and not "your hotbar" like the Netscape days). I suspect it's the other way around. They don't want random extensions to mess with your search engine because they get kickbacks from yahoo or whatever. Though if the extension is named for a search engine I don't think it should apply.