I always want to set Startpage as the default search engine in Safari. But it is impossible unless Apple adds it. Hopefully regulators somehow will make Apple more open in the near future.
Yes, but it is not being ble to add custom options that makes this a total barrier. It's not just Startpage, of course. I have written at length about this [0]. Ironically, Apple is a bigger block on search competition than Google and Microsoft; at least you can add custom options in Chrome and Edge. Still you can certainly argue it is the Apple-Google deal that is a root cause. We don't now what the deal is between Apple-Microsoft (Bing and Bing syndicates) but this may have a big influence too.
ColinHayhurst|3 years ago
[0] https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/05/gatekeepers-of-the-western-w...