Apple Reportedly Weighing DuckDuckGo As Potential Alternative To Google For Safari
Apple was in talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode of Apple’s Safari browser, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.
Details of the negotiations are expected to be released later this week, according to the report, after Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the federal antitrust case against Google, ruled Wednesday that he will open the testimony of DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg and Apple executive John. Giannandrea.
Negotiations on possible agreements between Microsoft and Apple and DuckDuckGo and Apple will be opened, the report states, referring to Mehta’s orders.
Apple, DuckDuckGo and Google did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
Last month, the US Justice Department alleged in a US lawsuit that Google, which has about 90% of the search market, illegally paid $10 billion a year to smartphone makers like Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to default on search. in their devices to stay ahead.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified Monday that the tech giants are competing for the vast amount of content needed to train artificial intelligence and complained that Google is locking up content through expensive and exclusive deals with publishers.
He added that Microsoft had sought to make its Bing search engine the default on Apple smartphones, but was rebuffed.
