The federal government argues Google has smothered competition by paying companies such as Apple and Verizon to lock in its search engine as the default.
Nope. The pixel phones have a Google widget on the homescreen that cannot be removed.
I have a pixel and it would be those steps +
Open Google play, find a launcher, find a new search provider. Set new launcher as default, insert new search provider widget. Probably missed a few steps.
Yeah, that was my experience as well as a Pixel user. That said, it didn't take too long to just finally switch to Firefox, Nova launcher, and Duck Duck Go. Mostly painless, and I'm over 40 👴
I've been using Niagara on my pixel 7. It takes a bit to get used to, but is so much cleaner. Add that with a browser other than chrome, and duckduckgo. Works pretty well.
I have a phone with stock android 13, which would be the same experience as a Pixel or other stock android phone.
Here's the process for me:
Definitely not 30-50 steps on a phone setup by Google. Only real complaint is it can't be changed from the search field itself.
Nope. The pixel phones have a Google widget on the homescreen that cannot be removed.
I have a pixel and it would be those steps +
Open Google play, find a launcher, find a new search provider. Set new launcher as default, insert new search provider widget. Probably missed a few steps.
Yeah, that was my experience as well as a Pixel user. That said, it didn't take too long to just finally switch to Firefox, Nova launcher, and Duck Duck Go. Mostly painless, and I'm over 40 👴
I've done all but the launcher. The gestures became super choppy with another launcher (nova).
I have put a FF search bar above the Google one and I just ignore it.
I personally use kiss launcher, bit of a different paradigm to regular ones but i like it
I've been using Niagara on my pixel 7. It takes a bit to get used to, but is so much cleaner. Add that with a browser other than chrome, and duckduckgo. Works pretty well.