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It can be changed to another search engine without even opening Safari.

Most people will never change their default search. This is why Google's dominance mostly started with pushing Google Toolbar installs which changed your default in IE for you, and later, of course, with it's push into Chrome and Android and paying Apple to be default there.

If Chrome switched it's default search to DDG (no, this is not a plausible scenario), most people would be using DDG for search in a week.

The point is they are selling out your privacy for money. A lot of it.

Does the same standard not apply to companies like Mozilla?

Yes.

You can change your settings easily. No need for such dramatic statements.

You can but a huge percentage won't or know how or won't bother assuming it is privacy safe because apple added it.

There is nothing wrong with google but at least go through ddg with a hashbang.

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