Other subsidiaries of Google’s parent company Alphabet, like healthcare innovation company Verily and the self-driving car firm Waymo, offer a vision of a better technology-enabled future. Though I don’t use either, Android and Chrome OS have made a positive impact overall, too.

(Unlike other companies I could mention.) To varying extents, I like and use Google Search, Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Photos, and Google Translate. I’m not as perturbed by Google’s business model as many people are because I think Google services generally make the world a better place. But DuckDuckGo has acquired only 0.6% of the market. For some people, that’s become anathema, pushing them to switch to DuckDuckGo (also based on Bing, see “ Search in Private with DuckDuckGo,” 20 August 2014). That’s because Google’s business model revolves around tracking and profiling users and then using that information to underpin the targeting of ads.

Is there room for a new search engine, such as the just-announced Brave Search? Perhaps, if it can combine quality search results with a focus on privacy. According to StatCounter, Google has 92.49% of the worldwide search engine market share, with Microsoft Bing second at 2.31% and Yahoo Search (based on Bing) at 1.53%. Google has risen to its position of dominance in the tech world on the back of its search engine, which has no effective competition.

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#1631: iOS 16.0.3 and watchOS 9.0.2, roller coasters trigger Crash Detection, Medications in iOS 16, watchOS 9 Low Power Mode.

#1632: Apple Card Savings accounts, SOS in the iPhone status bar, Tab Wrangler, Focus in iOS 16.

#1633: macOS 13 Ventura and other OS updates, 10th-gen iPad, M2 iPad Pro, 3rd-gen Apple TV 4K, Apple services price hikes.

#1634: New Messages features, Apple Q4 2022 results, Preview drops PostScript, iOS/iPadOS 15.7.1, Dvorak on iPhone and iPad.

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