Apple and Google, at first glance, seem to be on completely opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to digital privacy. Apple largely respects and even protects its users’ privacy. Google, while in the midst of changing its image, makes money from harvesting user data.
That’s why it’s actually pretty weird that Google is the default search engine on iOS. Of course, if you’re familiar with the court case between Oracle and Google, you may know why. Google apparently pays Apple a lot of money to be the default search engine. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a weird privacy “gap” in Apple’s software.