[rbera]

At the very least, I hope the Apple-Google ~~exclusivity~~ default agreement is revoked. I suppose it’ll take another year to figure out the actual remedies though.

[lvzw]

I think a year for the remedies is optimistic - could drag on for a while. Also worth mentioning that it is not an exclusivity agreement - it is a default agreement.

[alt227]

> it is not an exclusivity agreement - it is a default agreement.

But it kind of is an exclusivity agreement. Have you ever tried to change the default search on an iPhone? There is only a very small list of curated searches you are allowed to pick from, and you cant add your own.

[rbera]

You’re right, my bad on the terminology. A year is definitely optimistic, I just hope that’s the first draft pending appeals. the longer it stretches on, the greater chance there is of directives being changed, lobbyists influencing politicians, etc.

[ipsum2]

Apple doesn't allow you to switch search engines on iPhone?

[linotype]

They for sure do. Takes 30 seconds, just go to Settings then Safari.

[ein0p]

On iOS it’s only from a pre approved list. Want to use a less censored search like Brave? Nope, unless you use something other than Safari.

[Tumblewood]

they do allow you to switch - maybe it refers to google paying to be the default search engine?

[changoplatanero]

My idea is that they could auction off the right to be the default search engine separately in each state. So google could still win most of the auctions but if some other smaller provider wanted a chance they could concentrate their whole bet into a smaller market like Rhode Island or whatever.

[leotravis10]

This could surely open the door for Apple Search as the silver lining.

[VWWHFSfQ]

Yes the silver lining is the other monopolist getting their share of the pie.

[jncfhnb]

The door was open the whole time

[largbae]

Wouldn't this just hot swap one monopolist policy for another?