Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ... Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 17:36:11 +1100 Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <010220151401050621%invid@loclanet.com> <201502011528166493-xxx@yyyzzz> <010220152333528245%nospam@nospam.invalid> <020220150057480387%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net T4JsoQQ056rRp4Y4FNE2mwtBZ4IIjoHMkExXqhgsYXkcLiMVs= Cancel-Lock: sha1:ibdMKA2+KnOpBenDwKg6ps8DCC4= In-Reply-To: <020220150057480387%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:27585 nospam wrote > Rod Speed wrote >>>>>> Why would they set ANY search engine as the default. >>>>> Business and money. From a business perspective, Apple's default >>>>> settings control a huge segment of the market, if they change their >>>>> default from Google to something else, it will make a noticeable dent >>>>> on the bottom line of both Google and the gaining search engine. >>>>> If one particular search engine is willing to pay more than another >>>>> to have their bottom line go up, well, that works for Apple. >>>> But google is apple's main competitor so its more complicated than >>>> that. >> > actually, samsung is. >> Wrong, as always. > it's not wrong. Completely wrong, as always. >>> google and apple have totally different business models. >> Irrelevant to who is their main competitor in >> the smartphone and tablet OS market, fuckwit. > it's completely relevant. Wrong, as always. > different companies with different business models are not competitors. Wrong when they clearly are competitors in the smartphone and tablet OS market. > google writes software for mac and ios Irrelevant to who is their main competitor in the smartphone and tablet OS market. > and makes a lot of money from > those who use apple products. Irrelevant to who is their main competitor in the smartphone and tablet OS market. > they *want* apple to sell lots of phones and macs. Irrelevant to who is their main competitor in the smartphone and tablet OS market.