Re:DDG: Google uses bizarre tactics to dominate rivals and c...
by Brakenshire on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:38PM
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Clickbait title, but here are the concrete claims in the article:
* preventing the DuckDuckGo search engine from being added to Chrome on Android, while featuring the Chrome widget prominently on most Android builds. (does the Independent mean Widget or App here?)
* “Every time we update our Chrome browser extension, all of our users are faced with an official-looking dialogue asking them if they'd like to revert their search settings and disable the entire extension.”
* Google have bought duck.com and redirect it to Google.com
* preventing the DuckDuckGo search engine from being added to Chrome on Android, while featuring the Chrome widget prominently on most Android builds. (does the Independent mean Widget or App here?)
* “Every time we update our Chrome browser extension, all of our users are faced with an official-looking dialogue asking them if they'd like to revert their search settings and disable the entire extension.”
* Google have bought duck.com and redirect it to Google.com