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There is nothing stopping people from going to Bing sure but I think you are forgetting that most people now a days interact with the internet through a mobile
by tempest_ 2y ago
There is nothing stopping people from going to Bing sure but I think you are forgetting that most people now a days interact with the internet through a mobile device.
Typing w w w . b i n g . c o m on a mobile device is are a huge barrier to entry vs just using the google search box Google pays the phone manufactures to bake into the the OS.
- hollerith 2y agoWait: which manufacturer's OS doesn't let the user switch the search engine to Bing in Settings?
- tempest_ 2y agoThey totally let you. How many people do you think go in and change the default? Otherwise paying to make Google the default would not have any value.
- dismalaf 2y ago> There is nothing stopping people from going to Bing sure but I think you are forgetting that most people now a days interact with the internet through a mobile device. If anything I'd say mobile demonstrates that Google doesn't have a monopoly... TikTok literally occupies a majority of gen Z's app usage... 4 of the most used mobile apps (Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook) all belong to Meta. My wife doesn't even know which browser is on her phone (Samsung Internet)...
- rockskon 2y agoThere is absolutely something stopping me from going to Bing and I wager it's the same reason with most other people: Despite how awful Google has become in recent years...Bing is still consistently worse.