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Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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How would apple monetize this search engine? I don’t completely trust Apple with doing ads as they already do plenty of self-dealing with their own ad system. If anything, they should jedison their ad product altogether.

Presumably the same way they monetize Siri.

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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What sort of tasks were you using GA for? I use mine to turn a smart plug on or off, and set a timer when cooking. Nothing else I've ever wanted to do via my Pixel 2 is reliable enough to waste time trying. Sending a WhatsApp while driving is the one thing I keep wanting to do, but it's hopeless.

Siri often fails even switching lights on and off, it can be very idiosyncratic in how it does and interprets stuff

It also sometimes takes 10+ seconds to respond when I'm at home with a great internet connection. You'd think Apple would have that down by now...

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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How would apple monetize this search engine? I don’t completely trust Apple with doing ads as they already do plenty of self-dealing with their own ad system. If anything, they should jedison their ad product altogether.

For example, in iOS 14 they added a Tracking permission and a slider in Settings > Privacy > Tracking. Except to have them not track you requires a separate setting in Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising > Personalization.

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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No, thanks.

Apple is notoriously horrible when it comes to localization: Apple Maps (localization, regional maps, regional traffic data, turn by turn), iOS supported languages, Siri supported languages, their new Apple Translate that only has 7-8 languages, Spotlight suggestions, etc.

They're also very slow to expand their services, I think Apple News still only supports 4 countries.

Just buy DuckDuckGo

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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Google Maps is slightly superior to Apple Maps but the gap continues to narrow and it's possible that Apple will pull ahead. The competition between the two means that it's important for new features to be added and incorrect data to be fixed.

On the other hand, Apple's search in the App Store app is so bad that I use DDG or Google to search for apps.

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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Same with Siri Suggestions, although they may be taking on a larger role in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur.

Right — this article seems pretty uninformed. I don't think there's a reason to believe Apple is any closer to launching a search engine now than they were 3 years ago.

There is. They’ve started crawling much more aggressively, similar to how Googlebot and Bingbot crawl. Coincidentally, I mentioned to a friend that I thought Apple was preparing to launch a search engine just yesterday.

Re: Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine

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How would apple monetize this search engine? I don’t completely trust Apple with doing ads as they already do plenty of self-dealing with their own ad system. If anything, they should jedison their ad product altogether.

Presumably the same way they monetize Siri.

That’s good enough for basics then, and nothing for Google to worry about.

Or a great way to make it so no one competes with their partner google — by offering a totally free (and ad-free) search that’s good enough for many use cases but not great.

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