Posted on 07/20/2024 8:52:01 AM PDT by Salman
We all know relationships can be complicated, but few are quite as complicated as the one between Apple and Google. Cue Apple’s creepy new attack ad on Google—with a clear message for its 1.4 billion users—stop using Chrome on your iPhone.
So, why now? Google is on a mission to convert Safari users to Chrome. It currently relies on Safari to drive most search requests from iPhones—enabled by a financial arrangement between itself and Apple, whereby Google search is the default on Safari. But that arrangement could soon be curtailed by monopoly investigations in the US and Europe. And so Google is advancing Plan B.
Chrome only has a 30% install base across iPhone users—Google’s target is to increase this to 50%, bringing another 300 million iPhone users inside its data tent. Apple obviously wants to stop this happening. Those 300 million pairs of eyeballs generate serious online revenue, and as search changes through the introduction of on-device AI, it will become a retention versus conversion battleground.
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Brave browser
Swiss Cows search engine, when I use one. Mostly I use AI instead of search: Chat, Perplexity, Claude
Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla Firefox, flaming leftist hates conservatives and Donald Trump.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
I use the encyclopedia Britannica.
I stopped using Chrome exclusively, because I couldn’t get Free Republic whenever I wished to. For some reason, this site was at times, hard to bring up. So I became a Firefox user overnight. No more if ands or buts.
That may be but Google and You Tube actively interfered with the 2020 election.
I don’t think Firefox has a browser and does not have the tools to interfere as does Google.
As for Brave, I tried it.
But I had a couple of minor things happen that gave me security concerns.
Commercial was actually funny if long.
Why is it creepy? Is Apple molesting Google Chrome? PS I just deleted Chrome in this moment.
Get brave you will be glad you did. More secure and does not spy on you
You can use Chrome and a different search engine. It’s the Google search engine that sends them data. The reason Google wants people using Chrome on iPhone is because Google is the default search in Chrome and most people don’t bother to change it.
I’m 80....I’ll just wait it out....lol
Always use Brave...
Use the private window when on FR...
Why would anyone use a google product?
“I prefer DuckDuckGo for images.”
It’s the best to keep the trackers away.
Sadly, DuckDuckGo uses Bing for its results.
Ever notice all the top news articles are hosted at MSN.com?
Opera remains the only Android browser I know of that reformats the page to fit within the screen when you pinch select the font size you prefer. Used to be universal among Android browsers, but only Opera seems to have it these days.
Agree, I have been using Brave for along time. Google is at the top of the evil list.
How do I know which browser I’m using. I believe the one that was set up when I bought my iPhone is what I’m currently using.
“I avoid all things Google and Microsoft whenever possible”
Same here. I don’t knowingly download Evil onto my phone.
Yes, go0gle is the evil monster of the internet.
Avoid at all costs
Well aware. When used, it’s only as necessary.
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