Apple Tweaks Safari Marketing Language to Correct Misleading DuckDuckGo Claim

It's really time they demote Google to just being an option and stop making it the default.

People who care will change back to Google. People who don't will have security and privacy by default, and probably never notice (just like most people never noticed the change from Google Maps to Apple Maps.)

DDG FTW

I've liked DuckDuckGo for years, but ultimately, I always go back to Google as the results and filtering are just much better most of the time.

It's really time they demote Google to just being an option and stop making it the default.

People who care will change back to Google. People who don't will have security and privacy by default, and probably never notice (just like most people never noticed the change from Google Maps to Apple Maps.)

DDG FTW

I'm a user and fan of DDG also, but I suspect Google is paying Apple a ton of money to stay the default search engine in Safari. I saw some earlier articles saying Google paid one billion dollars to be the iOS default search engine, so I think it is fair to assume a similar arrangement exists on the OS X side.So they're all over Apple with this little thing, yet I see so many commercials and in-app ads that are always misleading. Funny how whenever Apple does anything wrong, everyone is on their case, but when other companies do something wrong, no one really cares.

Also, does macrumors really think this a newsworthy story?

This has to be one of the most insignificant articles I've ever read on MacRumors. I don't know what Joe Rossignol was thinking when he decided to publish this. And I have no idea how his superior(s) approved this piss-poor story.

What's next? Are we going to get an article telling us that Apple has started using a different brand of toilet paper in the restrooms at headquarters?

Others here seemed to find it interesting. Maybe you could just skip over articles you are not interested in.

I'm a user and fan of DDG also, but I suspect Google is paying Apple a ton of money to stay the default search engine in Safari. I saw some earlier articles saying Google paid one billion dollars to be the iOS default search engine, so I think it is fair to assume a similar arrangement exists on the OS X side.

Of course if DDG wanted to match Google's offer...[doublepost=1465492871][/doublepost]

This has to be one of the most insignificant articles I've ever read on MacRumors. I don't know what Joe Rossignol was thinking when he decided to publish this. And I have no idea how his superior(s) approved this piss-poor story.

What's next? Are we going to get an article telling us that Apple has started using a different brand of toilet paper in the restrooms at headquarters?

Why? What have you heard?

When we're 4 days away from WWDC and this is headline news, Editors of this site should be weeping in shame...

Shame?:confused: They're reporting on Apple news. What would you have them report on, Siri's new cute trained seal responses?

Also, does macrumors really think this a newsworthy story?

An article about Safari, their marketing arm, DDG, privacy, and getting correct information to customer... well I know it's not about new watchbands but yeah, it's newsworthy.When we're 4 days away from WWDC and this is headline news, Editors of this site should be weeping in shame...

So they're all over Apple with this little thing, yet I see so many commercials and in-app ads that are always misleading. Funny how whenever Apple does anything wrong, everyone is on their case, but when other companies do something wrong, no one really cares.

Also, does macrumors really think this a newsworthy story?

The ASA responds to reports. You may consider reporting these "other companies" to the ASA.I love it when people feel a story is so insignificant they simply must post to say so. :p:DThe most insignificant stories are surely the ones that don't provoke any responses whatsoever... ?! I found the story moderately interesting, certainly more so than many other stories that received no 'is this really newsworthy' comments, I guess different people have different criteria for what is newsworthy or interesting to them. *shrugs*

Personally I love DuckDuckGo and most of the time I use it as my main search engine. I will concede sometimes I have to reach for the google, especially for specific image searches, which aren't nearly as good on DDG, I find (or I don't find, which is the problem!).

As has been said, Google give Apple a load of cash to be the default and I have no real problem with that. I would like Apple to make more noise about DuckDuckGo being an option though, and why u sers might like to choose that option (or not, depending what works for them ad what is important to them), so accuracy and clarity is important when they do mention it.

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