Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode | But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn’t as private as believed.::But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn’t as private as believed.
The classic “let’s use the worst option because the alternative isn’t perfect” fallacy.
Ironically suitable for Apple products.
Still more private than google.
Just not being Google is sometimes enough for me.
“then why aren’t you using Bing?”
angny mob turns to face me
“that’s what I thought lol”
Edit: lmfao all the people who downvoted missed the joke
bing looks way too Microsoft-y. With its picture background etc. I don’t like the search result and the structure of them. Duck Duck Go follows an easier navigation like Google does. Which is very handy sometimes.
I’m using Bing. For me it’s about the quality of search results, and Bing got way better in the last few years, while Google was going progressively worse and worse.
And while I’m willing to give some of my privacy for convenience Microsoft just feels like a lesser of two evils at this point.
I have not used bing loads, but when I have tried it, I have literally never found what I was looking for
Apparently Google is paying Apple upwards of $20B per year now for search default, so it’s not hard to see why they’re sticking with Google. It does highlight one of many potential anti-trust violations.
Just goes to show that for all of Apple’s bullshit marketing, they care more about money than anyone’s privacy. I’m tired of people characterizing Apple like they’re a privacy company.
The amount of shits given about privacy is directly linked to the amount of money made from doing so.
I think Apple still cares more for user privacy than just about any other consumer electronic company out there today. Google’s Play Services mines way more user data than iOS does. However, Apple’s foray into Services will no doubt start them well down the slippery slope of monitoring and monetization, so I think erosion is inevitable to fuel Services revenue.
I’m not as great as an Apple Exec, but I think he’s wrong.
I think you are.
The bar is not a high one, if that is his best argument for avoiding Google.
But he’s actually right. It does serve ads and it uses bing trackers despite them claiming they don’t track you.
Relative vs absolute concern here. Google is absolutely terrible, just in the past 24 hours we’ve learned more of their insidious methods. DDG is relatively saintly, compared to most other public search engines
Don’t get me wrong. I am not advocating for google here. They are basically evil. The truth is that DDG does collect data and serve ads. By doing so that means they are not private like they advertise. Just do a search. Your first results will be marked as ad spots. The only way to get around this is to use a search engine aggregator such as searx or something self hosted then have lots of people use that to obscure the collection and profile generation. Point is DDG is not a golden child here. It’s a company just like any other in data mining markets.
Can you recommend a search engine that doesn’t do that?
Google results have been garbage for a while. I wanted a recipe for chicken. Not someone’s life story with a recipe bookend.
That’s a SEO thing that I can’t really blame them for. A longer result is probably a better one most of the time.
People are getting much better about “jump to recipe” buttons though.
