moralarm.blogg.se - Put google search bar on my home screen

Now you need to either make DuckDuckGo your default browser or make DuckDuckGo your default search engine in your preferred browser.

Tap Remove ( process may differ and doesn't work on all devices, e.g., Google Pixel phones – go figure!).

Long-press the widget and place on home screen.

Search “DuckDuckGo” (technically at least three clicks).

So, Google, given that you’ve often said competition is one click away, and you’re aware a complicated process suppresses competition, why does it take fifteen+ clicks to make DuckDuckGo Search or any other alternative the default on Android devices? Google search is made the default on Android devices in two ways, through the home screen search bar and default browser. This is the seventh in our series of posts about search preference menus.ĭear Google, one of the most repeated lines you’ve used to fend off antitrust inquiries is to say search competition is “ only one click away.” The recent House Antitrust Subcommittee report notes that “in an internal presentation about Internet Explorer’s default search selection, Google recommended that users be given an initial opportunity to select a search engine and that browsers minimize the steps required to change the default search provider.” Finally, something we can agree on! Dear Google: We Agree Search Competition Should Be "Only 1 Click Away" – So Why Is It 15+ on Android? Filed under Opinion on