How disappointing but expected. I'm not even sure what would break googles search engine dominance outside of search engines becoming obsolete. I use DDG and I find it to be better than google but still so many people stand by google search with strong loyalty.

So they have to give away search data?

Is there an antitrust on android or appstore ongoing?

But he did...bar the search giant from making exclusive deals to distribute its search or AI assistant products in ways that might cut off distribution for rivals.

Oh boy there goes Firefox

I'm on searxng and find most of the good results come from google

Completely expected. Google paid the protection money.

Nah its just the default search engine and you can still change the default, thus not cutting off distribution of other engines.

I think they're referring to Firefox's funding, a lot of which was through search deals

An article from 5 years ago: https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla-signs-lucrative-3-year-google-search-deal-for-firefox

edit: seems like that hasn't changed by this ruling either

United States District Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google can continue to pay other companies, including browser makers like Mozilla, to be their default search engine.

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I'm on ecosia with okay search results. Sadly if I know it exists but still having problems I resist to Google but Supposedly ecosia plants trees with some of the revenue

So they found Google guilty of monopolistic practices then agreed to do nothing about it.

Sounds about right.

From the article you linked:

In return for Google being the default search engine in Firefox, Mozilla is expected to bank $400M+ a year.

Literally what I am talking about. I can still switch away from the default. No other search companies are being denied access to being set as the default search engine in Firefox. Google just pays a premium so they are the default out of the box, which would not be anti-competitive under this order.

bar the search giant from making exclusive deals to distribute its search or AI assistant products in ways that might cut off distribution for rivals.

This by definition does not cut off their distribution in Firefox. Google can still make this deal with Mozilla. It is not an exclusivity deal, it's a default search engine deal. Exclusivity or cutting off distribution would be making Google the only search engine option in Firefox.

It's not an exclusive deal, though, which is why it shouldn't be affected by this ruling

Firefox ships with other search engines preinstalled, not just Google

Google should lose control of Android. Maybe then we'll keep the ability to install any app we want.

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United States District Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google can continue to pay other companies, including browser makers like Mozilla, to be their default search engine.

I see, I'll edit my other comment. So what even changes then, were they even making exclusive deals in the past? The discussion I remember was about how being the default made it difficult for others to compete since most people don't change the defaults.

I very much dislike Google but constantly search stuff on DDG, with little to no success. Then I’ll add !g to the front, and a decent chunk of the time what I’m looking for is top 3, not including all the sponsored shit.

Are there specific ways you search for DDG to be better?

That's it ? Usually these things go into appeal over and over but google just has to win once ?

Google should be disconnected and erase from the internet like any other worm/virus

I've had the exact opposite experience for the past year. I had to switch the default to DDG at work where I need to search for specific model numbers every day. I don't remember the last time I actually Googled something on the PC or phone (Firefox search bar with DDG default). I only use Google for maps where it's always been the best.

Same. Ddg can't find shit.

The only time I ever need to use a google bang is when im searching for something specifically local like a restaurant. DDG uses apple maps and apple maps is complete garbage.

When I cant find something on DDG and I use the !g 99% of the time I cant find it on google either.