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by: Wally J - Fri, 6 Oct 2023 19:45 UTC

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote

>> Apple famously has a highly lucrative deal with Google.
>
> It's lucrative for both sides or Google wouldn't write the cheques.
>
> IAC Safari on iPhone allows whatever search engine you like - mine is
> set to DDG.
>
> Mac also allows whatever SE you like ..

Can you switch the iOS default browser to the most private Tor Browser?

Oh... sorry... nevermind... you can't.
On macOS you can though.

But not on iOS as real privacy just simply isn't possible on iOS.

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by: Alan - Sat, 7 Oct 2023 00:32 UTC

On 2023-10-06 12:45, Wally J wrote:
> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote
>
>>> Apple famously has a highly lucrative deal with Google.
>>
>> It's lucrative for both sides or Google wouldn't write the cheques.
>>
>> IAC Safari on iPhone allows whatever search engine you like - mine is
>> set to DDG.
>>
>> Mac also allows whatever SE you like ..
>
> Can you switch the iOS default browser to the most private Tor Browser?
>
> Oh... sorry... nevermind... you can't.
> On macOS you can though.
>
> But not on iOS as real privacy just simply isn't possible on iOS.

So suddenly it's not about search engines, Arlen?

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Re: iOS 17 Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari's private m	Wally J
Re: iOS 17 Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in	Alan