Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services, reported a decline in Safari searches last month, attributing it to users shifting toward AI. His remarks indicate a potential major disruption in the search landscape, challenging Google’s online search monopoly. Aditya Soni and Jody Godoy for Reuters:
As we wrote yesterday, “We no longer search with Google as its results do not reflect the depth of the entire web, and skewed by bias, and are laden with paid placements. Google is passé. For far, far better search results than Google, we use Grok 3 either in Safari via x.com/i/grok or in the Grok app for iPhone and iPad.” The writing is finally on the wall for Google search. It’s all downhill from here. Google is an online advertising monopoly masquerading as a search engine. Effective antitrust action against Google that restores competition into the the online search and advertising markets would be very welcome (while we’re still here, please)! The unfortunately ubiquitous search engine is a mechanism for tracking users in order to deliver targeted advertising to them. If you haven’t already, give DuckDuckGo a try today (https://duckduckgo.com) or even Bing. Anything to help restore at least some competition to online search. – MacDailyNews, March 17, 2021 We’d like to see real competition in the online search and advertising markets restored someday. — MacDailyNews, March 20, 2019 With this unprecedented power, platforms have the ability to redirect into their pockets the advertising dollars that once went to newspapers and magazines. No one company should have the power to pick and choose which content reaches consumers and which doesn’t. — MacDailyNews, November 9, 2017 Imagine if your livelihood depended on one company that had not only monopolized web search (and, thereby, basically controlled how new customers find you), but also controlled the bulk of online advertising dollars which funded your business and which they could pull, simply threaten to pull, or reduce rates at any time? Now also imagine if you believe this monopolist basically stole the product of another company that is the very subject of your business? How much would you criticize the monopolist thief’s business practices? You might guess that it would be a tough road to walk. (We’re only imagining, of course!) That would be a good example of why monopolies are bad for everyone… In the meantime, stop using Google search and Google products wherever possible. Monopolies are bad for everyone. — MacDailyNews, July 14, 2016 Support MacDailyNews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at Amazon. [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.] The post Google usage in Apple’s Safari browser fell for the first time last month as users increasingly choose AI for search appeared first on MacDailyNews. You're currently a free subscriber to MacDailyNews. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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