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How does having a default web search engine equate to "[Company] is sending *all* search traffic to [other company]"? Users have preferences and may change the

• ThePhysicist 5y ago
  95 % of users never touch predefined settings, so being the default almost always equates to being the "winner". What they should do instead is to let people select a search engine based on different criteria (including privacy friendliness). Most people would then still choose Google but the effect would be way less pronounced.
  • bko 5y ago
    Microsoft Edge would like to have a word with you. The only thing pointing people to DDG or some inferior search engine would be to frustrate non-technical people when their search results become "weird". Not all search engines are the same. I use DDG by default but I admit there is a huge difference between the two search engines and I use !g more than I'd like to admit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
    • KptMarchewa 5y ago
      >Microsoft Edge would like to have a word with you. The 95% statistic only works when you introduce new, hidden option. People used Chrome/Firefox/whatever before Edge, they are used to it, and it's their default.
• blocked_again 5y ago
  >Users have preferences and may change the engines they search with, not use Safari at all or be already using Google anyway. Well Google ofcourse clearly diasgree given they are willing to pay 15 billion dollars.
• ajkdhcb2 5y ago
  Some people will use it just because it's the default. Apple is paid because of that. So Apple is selling user data, i.e. violating privacy for money
  • techrat 5y ago
    some =/= all, which is the point I was addressing in my original comment.