Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple

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  • Reply 21 of 22
    davidw said:
    Honkers said:
    tmay said:
    Honkers said:
    13485 said:
    So Apple claims that it doesn’t trade on user’s privacy but they push you towards a company that does and Apple takes a 36% cut.
    Huh. I must have been in a meeting on the day Apple "pushed" me to using Google, instead of  it being my choice. Please tell me when this happened.  
    Making Google the default is a clear push.  The fact that you can push back doesn't mean it isn't a push.
    Uhm, no, not even. For most people, phones are appliances, and Google is noted for being the "best search engine". Whether that is true or not, "google it" is a thing for consumers.
    What has that got to do with anything?  Even if the customer still would have gravitated towards Google, given that there are alternatives Apple pushed them by making Google the default.  No question about it.  The default has power (why else would Google pay for it), it is a push.

    NO

    Apple is really only "pushing" the users that either don't know how to change the default search engine or don't care about which default search engine they use. Apple is not "pushing" the users that already wants to use Google search, into using Google search. Neither are they ""pushing" the users that wants to use DuckDuckGo, to use Google search. Users that wants to use Google search will use Google search, no matter what search engine is the default. So will users that wants to use DuckDuckGo, they will still use DuckDuckGo, no mater what the default is.

    Apple would only be "pushing" users to use the Google search if they made it difficult or non-intuitive to switch the default or have it so that Safari runs better with Google search, than others search engines or if Google search was the only choice with Safari. Then one can say that Apple is "pushing" Google search by having it as the default. Much like what Microsoft did with IE, when it was the default browser on Windows. 

    It is very easy to change the default now of days. Even on Windows, where Edge is the default browser on 70% of the World's computers but only have a market share of 8% on desktops. How is that possible, if Microsoft is "pushing" Edge" by making it the default on Windows. Microsoft can't "push" Windows users to use Edge, by making it the default, when 68% of Windows users wants to use Chrome. Microsoft isn't "pushing" anything, by making it the default.  
    You're not using words the right way.

    Of course they're pushing it, there's no discussion to be had here, even with DRAMATIC CAPITALISATION.
  • Reply 22 of 22
    No money from me as I use DuckDuckGo for my internet search engine.
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