Submitted 4 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
I will be honest, say there’s a new law that says on every device, users have the initial choice to select between any search engine, they’ll probably choose google anyways because most of these people have grown up that way.
Make a better alternative and people will come. Ddg is ok but it still is basically a reskinned Bing and Bing itself isn’t that good. Other search engines aren’t as polished yet either
Luckily Google is working tirelessly on making their own search product worse every year.
It honestly might already be worse
I’m happy with Kagi. I feel like it is equal to Google in it’s prime.
Not many people want to (or can) shell out 10 $/month for a search engine. I’m not saying it’s pointless, I’m simply saying that few people would do it.
I switched from DuckDuckGo to Startpage and it has been much better. Problem is, Startpage is just a reskin of google without the AI crap and fewer ads so there is no real escape.
It has been proven to work, and the idea is not to make people choose others it is to encourage competition. How would you get your better product in front of most people if not for it being a requirement to be showcased. There are so mamy people using default everything on anything they have ever bought
Some people are just starting to get their first iPhones and Macs TODAY. We’re not all old farts on the internet as much as we’d like to think so.
This is going to affect Firefox a lot more than it will affect Apple. At least Apple have options to shift money around. Firefox doesn’t.
Good! Maybe Mozilla can stop being shit and paying their CEOs tens of millions while looking for ways to enshittify Firefox.
Googles money has ruined Mozilla.
“A lack of money will prevent them from doing shitty things for money!”
I get what you’re going for, but it’s likely googles money that has slowed down the enshitification process.
Indeed. But it seems one isn’t allowed to criticize Mozilla here, so prepare for downvotes or enraged replies m
Shit, how much is Google spending on these deals??
The google annual cost to have Google as default search on iPhone is north of 20b, hence the number in the article headline. They also pay lots to Mozilla and others.
Yup, hundreds of millions to Mozilla.
subtext@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Does something really have to replace it? Why not a menu of options? Make the user choose something. If they choose Google, great! If they choose DDG, fantastic! Whatever it is, make it a choice.
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes it has, they need their moneyss.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Wait hasn’t DDG been the default in Safari for a few years now?
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
No, that’s like, the entire point of the article.
vollkorntomate@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Users can choose it, but it isn’t the default