Apple was considering changing Google’s search engine in Safari. There’s a reason they didn’t.

Manzana considered replacing Google as search engine for private viewing in DuckDuckGo’s Safari, although he ultimately rejected the idea. In accordance with BloombergRepresentatives from both companies revealed details of those talks during Google’s antitrust trial in the United States, saying DuckDuckGo held about 20 meetings and phone calls with Apple executives to try to make the change a reality.

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg said in court that Negotiations between your company and Apple took place in 2018 and 2019.. And he even talked to Safari’s CEO about making his default search engine in Safari’s private browsing mode. Weinberg even confirmed that he thinks Apple is going to make changes.

John Giannandrea, an Apple executive, also testified at the trial, saying that the company did not intend to integrate DuckDuckGo technology in Safari private browsing. In fact, according to the aforementioned outlets, Giannandrea sent an email to other Apple executives in 2019 emphasizing that the change “was probably a bad idea.”

Apple rejected DuckDuckGo due to security concerns

Apple essentially assumed that something like DuckDuckGo used Bing technology for search, it is highly likely that the company shared user data with Microsoft. It also led the company to believe that DuckDuckGo’s privacy marketing was “somewhat lacking in detail.”

The antitrust case against Google also revealed some interesting details about Apple’s business of making search engines the default on its devices. The most important of them Microsoft intends to sell its Bing search engine to Apple.. This is what would force the company to replace Google with Bing in Safari and on all its devices.

Apple is also working on its own search engine under a project called “Pegasus.” In fact, the firm already uses its search technology in some of its services, including Siri or its own iPhone search engine. However, it does this in a much more limited way. It’s unclear whether Apple will launch its own search engine for its devices or instead continue to partner with Google, which has a million-dollar deal.