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@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-21 15:18:45

Russia pressures Apple to make Russian search engines default on locally-sold iPhones therecord.media/russia-apple-s

Russia pressures Apple to make Russian search engines default on locally-sold iPhones
In a letter to Apple cited by the state news agency TASS, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said Apple’s current setup gives preference to foreign search engines, putting local providers at a “competitive disadvantage” and infringing on consumers’ rights.

@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com
2025-09-28 00:09:32

@… I haven’t convinced my employer to pay yet, but I added my personal Kagi account as the default search engine on my work laptop as well.
Finding SIGNIFICANTLY more useful results for programming problems that come up during the day than I did before.

@robpike@hachyderm.io
2025-10-13 23:32:17

Does anyone know how to make iOS (26 is what I run, but 18 has it too) accept a new default search engine? It appears that in some parts of the world you can add a search engine, but at least in Australia the phone comes without that ability. One can only choose from a short list, with no option to add to the list.
Is there a workaround? The dammits are getting in my way.