"In 2021 alone, #Google paid #Apple, #Samsung & others $26.3 billion to keep it buried...
This setting affects who gets to track your location & watch what you look up online. It affects the usefulness of the information you see & how much of your screen is taken up by ads.
I’m talking about your #search engine... Google pays the makers of phones, laptops & browsers to be your default & to stop them from even presenting you other options during setup."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/08/google-search-default-iphone-samsung/