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Apple Switches from Bing to Google for Siri Web Search Results on iOS and Spotlight on Mac

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 27 2017, @07:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-what-Siri-told-me dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Apple is switching the default provider of its web searches from Siri, Search inside iOS (formerly called Spotlight) and Spotlight on the Mac. So, for instance, if Siri falls back to a web search on iOS when you ask it a question, you're now going to get Google results instead of Bing. Updated below with a statement from Microsoft.

Consistency is Apple's main motivation given for switching the results from Microsoft's Bing to Google in these cases. Safari on Mac and iOS already currently use Google search as the default provider, thanks to a deal worth billions to Apple (and Google) over the last decade. This change will now mirror those results when Siri, the iOS Search bar or Spotlight is used.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 27 2017, @01:58PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 27 2017, @01:58PM (#573797) Journal

    Aren't Google's results largely the result of an algorithm?

    rewriting history to suit political ends is not just wrong, it's evil. He who controls the past, controls the future. [netnames.com]

    See: Conservapedia.

    Conservapedia [wikipedia.org] brought to you by Andrew Schlafly, the gay son of Phyllis Schlafly. Because internalized self-directed homophobia and hate is such a pitiful thing to watch. Oh, and Andrew also proposed rewriting the Bible to have a right-wing (yes, American politics) viewpoint.

    I think there are far better right wing examples of rewriting history than Google as an example of SJW. Also, try duckduckgo.com [duckduckgo.com] as a search engine.

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