Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in 2021

Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by snowwrestler on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:29AM (#28316168)

Apple did switch to Bing at one point. The default search engine in Safari is likely just a matter of money to them.

Apple already competes with Google in some search verticals, for example if you ask Siri to find a pizza restaurant, you will get an iOS pop-up with results that link to Yelp for reviews and Apple Maps for directions.

I don’t see Apple competing directly against Google in general-purpose search. But I could definitely see them expanding what iOS does “natively” to include Siri handling more queries itself rather than punting out to Google results.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by Spivak on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:32AM (#28316209)

Which is honestly super annoying on iOS Safari because if you want to highlight and search for something on a page you have to go to the lookup screen, which will almost always be empty, and then click the web search button.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by jazzyjackson on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:54AM (#28316556)

do they have a deal with yelp? i wish i could swap out tripadvisor as the default for maps results

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by coryfklein on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:23PM (#28318607)

Well Apple isn't exactly known for giving things away for free, so putting Yelp as the top-tier result in Apple Maps is a pretty good indicator that a deal was made.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by brundolf on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:37PM (#28317190)

I wouldn't mind it if it didn't force me to install the Yelp app to see more details/photos. They must have some kind of deal.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:58PM (#28318267)

Apple is rolling out their own reviews system so I expect Yelp and the other sources to be phased out in the coming years.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by brundolf on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:22PM (#28318597)

I dearly hope so. It's the only thing I don't like about Apple Maps.

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Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ... by reaperducer on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:41PM (#28318038)

It seems to be at least partially content-related, because I've seen both Yelp and TripAdvisor in Apple Maps.

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