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points by xp84 2 days ago | 0 comments

I am waiting for someone at Apple[1] to explain why I can't set any arbitrary site as my search provider on mobile on the phone that I paid for.

(Does Chrome on mobile allow it? I use Edge on iOS which also only has a hardcoded list, so while I don't know for sure, but I assume not)

[1] no doubt i will be waiting until i am dead

[–] autoexec 2 days ago

I'm guessing that apple wants to get paid for placement in the preferred search provider listing.

[–] sehansen 2 days ago

Safari on iOS allows it, kinda, the search engine needs to put an app on the app store that activates it. That's how you get Kagi search in your iPhone browser.