Pardon me for my ignorance, isn't this somewhat considered to be some form of anti-trust behavior? If not, why does Google Chrome ask you to pick Google, Bing or Yahoo at the first use?
DuckDuckGo included in Opera
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#13Pardon me for my ignorance, isn't this somewhat considered to be some form of anti-trust behavior? If not, why does Google Chrome ask you to pick Google, Bing or Yahoo at the first use?
People seem so quick to cry wolf.
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I didn't see that, and if true would be insane. It's in an "alternate search engine list dropdown". Good PR piece, but I'm skeptical it'll translate to any extra traffic.
I spotted it immediately and was pleasantly surprised. DDG was in Times 'The 50 Best Websites of 2011', now they show up in Opera. It does not seem to be so spectacular as being listed in Times, yet its gonna stay there for a long time, being one click away. It should translate to extra traffic in a long run. Seems DDG is in a phase of building momentum which can take quite a long time and includes such (not so small…
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#15Did they use their new funding to pay for this?
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#17Pardon me for my ignorance, isn't this somewhat considered to be some form of anti-trust behavior? If not, why does Google Chrome ask you to pick Google, Bing or Yahoo at the first use?
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#18Pardon me for my ignorance, isn't this somewhat considered to be some form of anti-trust behavior? If not, why does Google Chrome ask you to pick Google, Bing or Yahoo at the first use?
Also, they probably remember how microsoft was forced to carry a load of different browsers in EU and make WMP-free windows, so they take some steps to prevent that for themselves.
Also they used to disable this selector on per-country basis.
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#19But I made duckduckgo the default search engine in Opera almost a week ago!
C'mon guys, don't let me lead the way! (It's a scary thought)
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#20Pardon me for my ignorance, isn't this somewhat considered to be some form of anti-trust behavior? If not, why does Google Chrome ask you to pick Google, Bing or Yahoo at the first use?
dangrossman has given an adequate explanation though I have a question? Why couldn't the Opera people make it the default search engine? It's their piece of software and you're free to change it to anything you want. People seem so quick to cry wolf.