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Yeah, that would definitely take the bloom off the rose for me as well.

I'm already wishing I had some of the things Android has and Apple doesn't (interpreters FTW) but I would jump if they tried to steer me towards 'favored partners' for search.

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But they already have 'favored partners' for search (Goog and Yhoo) you can't add another search provider even if you want to.

They already steer you towards google.

Yep. I don't understand why people assume Google is some sort of neutral party with no corporate interest in vending their search engine + ad sales in the marketplace.

I don't think that is a concern for most people.

The major concern is 'does it work'. Google has far better results, especially for the long tail, than bing at the moment. It's also what most people 'know'.

While the claim that google has better results is rather questionable, the suggestion that bing is too complicated for people to use is just silly. For the purposes of most users the two are readily interchangeable.

You are correct that the major concern is "does it work", but are incorrect in assuming that bing does not meet this rather low bar.

By which measure is Bing inferior to Google? Other than what you 'know'.

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