If you recall, Google's motto is "Don't be evil."
And no, you don't need to kill puppies to be evil.
In fact, there appears to be a fairly lively debate on what "evil" is:
"The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" style="background-image:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);" target="_blank" title="Philosophy">philosophical</a> question of whether morality is absolute, relative, or illusory leads to questions about the nature of evil, with views falling into one of four opposed camps: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_absolutism" style="background-image:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);" target="_blank" title="Moral absolutism">moral absolutism</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoralism" style="background-image:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);" target="_blank" title="Amoralism">amoralism</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism" style="background-image:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);" target="_blank" title="Moral relativism">moral relativism</a> , and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_universalism" style="background-image:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);" target="_blank" title="Moral universalism">moral universalism</a> ."
Make us all proud and read the f<span style="line-height:1.4em;">ull article: </span>
<span style="line-height:1.4em;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil</span>
Nobody does evil for the sake of evil, therefore evil doesn't exist. It's perverted good.
Ye of little faith. It won't be long until Apple's maps app is the best out there, give them a little time, considering it's relatively new, it's pretty damn impressive already, and better than the competition in many respects.
I'm sure they could do the same with search. I would use Apple Search for sure. Even if the results were slighter worse (for a while) I could sleep happy knowing that google wasn't raping my personal data.
I am stating the current view of things. I more than anyone wanted to see Maps be better than it is. I just hope it gets there soon. I would love Apple Search especially with what I have seen with Spotlight. They just need to make sure they approach it properly.
Yahoo doesn't even do their own search results anymore... powered by Bing since 2009. So, really the only search results in town are Google and Bing. Not much of a choice, the new evil empire or the old evil empire.
Apple doesn't need to build their own search engine per se, just aggregate results from others like DuckDuckGo does and present them in a Apple frontend. It would definitely be a good addition to the growing "cloud" services stable. Plus, backend search engines can be added and removed at anytime, which gives them great flexibility and bargaining power.
Eventually, iTunes and the App store and iCloud and Beats Music could be combined with this into an all encompassing portal. A one-stop-shop all within the walled garden.
They spurred innovation? Maps sucks. You are delusional if you think anything but that.
Come off what? Just stating a fact. Apple has a lot to work on.
?Maps sucks? Uh, even when it launched, it was WORLDS better than the likes of Nokia Here, and let's not forget that travesty known as BB Maps, HOLY CRAP what a steaming pile of, well, CRAP! I use nothing BUT ?Maps and it's fantastic!
As an Apple supporter I still have the balls to call them out when they mis step. Maps is still in a distant second place to Google maps. Try both side by side you will see what I am talking about.
I have tried them buddy, and Maps is on-par with Google Maps. In fact, they've gotten so good, I deleted Google Maps off ALL my devices with pleasure, thank you very much.
BTW, saying you're an Apple supporter doesn't help excuse you're just trolling.
You guys are relentless with this troll business. It is quite comical. Someone offers a legitimate statement regarding one of Apple's services and instantly I am a troll and do not know what I am talking about. Allow me to bow down to your graciousness. I am from the Midwest so maybe the map data is not as good compared to where some of you are from. I find that with vehicle gps systems have trouble versus in big metro areas where the data is more accurate. We will see how Apple progresses with Maps.
Anything but Google or Yahoo. Bing would seem to be the alternative they'd probably look at, given that Siri and Spotlight already use it.
Really, Bing, yucky, there is still no competition to Google's Search as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to programming anyway, I never find what I'm looking for with other search engines. I don't care who Apple uses as their default search engine as long as I can go into settings as change the default back to Google. Though if I can't even change the default browser, email, chat, client, etc. in iOS, it wouldn't surprise me if I got stuck with Bing.
... Google knows more about you than you'd prefer them to know. Google knows when I'm home, what temperature I prefer, whether or not my house is on fire, what I search for, and where I am at all times...
I wouldn't mind Google knowing whether my house is on fire... if it could come without the rest of the knowledge.
So, you believed EVERYTHING that was written in that article? Really? You?
There was a time Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and others were not nearly as good with cloud computing as they are today. Apple is doing an incredible job with iCloud, in my opinion. My pictures sync with all of my devices quickly. So does my music, notes, calendar, browser bookmarks and e-books.
There are many people who continue to choose to believe Steve Jobs was flawless even though they know the truth. These people will find supposed flaws in Apple products then write about how the products to do not stack up to Steve Jobs' vision of the products. These writings then hit the blogosphere to rapidly spread doubt about Apple.
I am not wearing blinders about Apple. There is always room from improvement in all products.
Apple getting into search would put all search-related companies on immediate notice. Sure, there will be a multitude of criticism about "Apple Search" being inferior to other search engines, but I bet the other companies would step up their search games just like Google stepped up its Maps game when Apple Maps was released.
I hope Apple does get into the search business to remove one more Google piece from iOS and OS X.
Really, Bing, yucky, there is still no competition to Google's Search as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to programming anyway, I never find what I'm looking for with other search engines. I don't care who Apple uses as their default search engine as long as I can go into settings as change the default back to Google. Though if I can't even change the default browser, email, chat, client, etc. in iOS, it wouldn't surprise me if I got stuck with Bing.
What's stopping anyone from opening Safari (or Chrome) and typing www.google.com in the address bar?
Tip for naysayers and haters: you'd get more attack value out of mentioning Ping instead of Maps, because Maps works pretty well. (Of course I wouldn't expect you android users to know that)
I'm sure they could do the same with search. I would use Apple Search for sure. Even if the results were slighter worse (for a while) I could sleep happy knowing that google wasn't raping my personal data.
I don't imagine it's likely to provide better results than Google without the data collection piece. They just have great data, and the horror of them knowing what you're going to search for before you search... provides super fast and well aligned results, often without actually hitting enter or "search."
I think that without the data collection piece, you're looking at "adequate" search, which DDG certainly provides. The predictive stuff is really handy though. Security vs. convenience is nothing new though.
Speaking of Apple maps, according to Wonder Boy Mark Gurman one of Apple's top managers on the maps team left for Uber in October. And apparently a number of Apple maps employees have left for Uber in the past several months.
question of whether morality is absolute, relative, or illusory leads to questions about the nature of evil, with views falling into one of four opposed camps: moral absolutism
I stopped using Google when they switched to the horrible mobile layout on iOS (when they had large tabs for each google property.) Since then they've improved the experience, but the layout still lags behind Bing for providing unobstrusive search results. (After all I want the search results not some brand advertising.)
Once DDG became available I switched again for the enhanced privacy. In terms of search quality, they're all on par. Certainly each has sublte benefits that cause me to switch over manually when needed, but for the absolute majority of searches I'm finding what I'm looking for on any of the three search engines.
I wish this article had bothered to mention the 'why' of Jobs 'going thermonuclear '. As it reads, Jobs looks like a freak, and Schmidt walks free, name unmentioned. This article is poorly written!
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Nobody does evil for the sake of evil, therefore evil doesn't exist. It's perverted good.
They spurred innovation? Maps sucks. You are delusional if you think anything but that.
Vector mapping. 3D city view.
Ye of little faith. It won't be long until Apple's maps app is the best out there, give them a little time, considering it's relatively new, it's pretty damn impressive already, and better than the competition in many respects.
I'm sure they could do the same with search. I would use Apple Search for sure. Even if the results were slighter worse (for a while) I could sleep happy knowing that google wasn't raping my personal data.
I am stating the current view of things. I more than anyone wanted to see Maps be better than it is. I just hope it gets there soon. I would love Apple Search especially with what I have seen with Spotlight. They just need to make sure they approach it properly.
Yahoo doesn't even do their own search results anymore... powered by Bing since 2009. So, really the only search results in town are Google and Bing. Not much of a choice, the new evil empire or the old evil empire.
Apple doesn't need to build their own search engine per se, just aggregate results from others like DuckDuckGo does and present them in a Apple frontend. It would definitely be a good addition to the growing "cloud" services stable. Plus, backend search engines can be added and removed at anytime, which gives them great flexibility and bargaining power.
Eventually, iTunes and the App store and iCloud and Beats Music could be combined with this into an all encompassing portal. A one-stop-shop all within the walled garden.
All that existed already, just not on iOS.
?Maps sucks? Uh, even when it launched, it was WORLDS better than the likes of Nokia Here, and let's not forget that travesty known as BB Maps, HOLY CRAP what a steaming pile of, well, CRAP! I use nothing BUT ?Maps and it's fantastic!
We should forward this to TC, I love that idea
He's just another Apple hating troll trying to get attention, ignore him.
BTW, saying you're an Apple supporter doesn't help excuse you're just trolling.
You guys are relentless with this troll business. It is quite comical. Someone offers a legitimate statement regarding one of Apple's services and instantly I am a troll and do not know what I am talking about. Allow me to bow down to your graciousness. I am from the Midwest so maybe the map data is not as good compared to where some of you are from. I find that with vehicle gps systems have trouble versus in big metro areas where the data is more accurate. We will see how Apple progresses with Maps.
Anything but Google or Yahoo. Bing would seem to be the alternative they'd probably look at, given that Siri and Spotlight already use it.
Really, Bing, yucky, there is still no competition to Google's Search as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to programming anyway, I never find what I'm looking for with other search engines. I don't care who Apple uses as their default search engine as long as I can go into settings as change the default back to Google. Though if I can't even change the default browser, email, chat, client, etc. in iOS, it wouldn't surprise me if I got stuck with Bing.
... Google knows more about you than you'd prefer them to know. Google knows when I'm home, what temperature I prefer, whether or not my house is on fire, what I search for, and where I am at all times...
I wouldn't mind Google knowing whether my house is on fire... if it could come without the rest of the knowledge.
Hear hear.
What's stopping anyone from opening Safari (or Chrome) and typing www.google.com in the address bar?
Maps has one problem though, a key person left:
http://9to5mac.com/2014/11/25/top-apple-maps-app-manager-for-watch-ios-os-x-exits-for-uber/
A simple suffix of Space Exclaimation mark G (!g) in the omnbar will search through Goolge. Or use !y for Yahoo.
I'm sure they could do the same with search. I would use Apple Search for sure. Even if the results were slighter worse (for a while) I could sleep happy knowing that google wasn't raping my personal data.
I don't imagine it's likely to provide better results than Google without the data collection piece. They just have great data, and the horror of them knowing what you're going to search for before you search... provides super fast and well aligned results, often without actually hitting enter or "search."
I think that without the data collection piece, you're looking at "adequate" search, which DDG certainly provides. The predictive stuff is really handy though. Security vs. convenience is nothing new though.
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Whoa buddy. Maybe it's time to switch to decaf.
If you recall, Google's motto is "Don't be evil."
And no, you don't need to kill puppies to be evil.
In fact, there appears to be a fairly lively debate on what "evil" is:
"The philosophical
question of whether morality is absolute, relative, or illusory leads to questions about the nature of evil, with views falling into one of four opposed camps: moral absolutism
, amoralism
, moral relativism
, and moral universalism
."
Make us all proud and read the full article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil
Nobody does evil for the sake of evil, therefore evil doesn't exist. It's perverted good.
Oh, evil exists alright. I wouldn't describe it as perverted good; rather, the absence of good.
IF Apple chooses another search, one less work for yours truly which would be MUCH appreciated!
The very FIRST thing I always do on any device / computer is to change from google ...
Once DDG became available I switched again for the enhanced privacy. In terms of search quality, they're all on par. Certainly each has sublte benefits that cause me to switch over manually when needed, but for the absolute majority of searches I'm finding what I'm looking for on any of the three search engines.