Comments on: Verizon, Bing Make Google Go Boom on BlackBerry

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:38:12 +0000

This smells awfully like the behavior that got MS fined billions of dollars in Europe. I suppose they think that if they make an anti-competitive agreement with a provider on someone else's operating system then nobody will notice.

Personally this is a deal breaker for me. If I can't erase all signs of M$ from a Google based phone then I am not interested in paying them a shed load of extra money each month and I'll stay with my dumb phone or move to another carrier.

Some people might think that is an over reaction, but I hate being forced to use things I don't like.

By: Jason Uppercue

Jason Uppercue — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:19:59 +0000

While you could make an lukewarm argument argue that this is understandable for phones that remain under contract, phones that are owned outright should be protected from this despicable behavior by law.

Personally I think it is an outrage, and the people who are minimizing this as a non issue are absolute fools. Anyone who doesn’t mind this type of involuntary commercialism is essentially inviting their DSL/Fiber and Cable companies to just start installing digital offal onto their computers as well.

Think outside the box.

By: Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:52:33 +0000

I know that we each have our own “FAVORITE”. The issue here is freedom of choice. I don’t mind if Verizon pushes an icon on my Blackberry — I can hide it. But to REMOVE a choice that I had when I bought the device is WRONG!

By: p--d off!!

p--d off!! — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:48:03 +0000

Hear! Hear! Bigpicture, you nailed it on the head! Hey Steve Ballmer, can you say “anti-trust” (AGAIN)?? Of course you can! You must be so used to antitrust litigation by now!

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:22:50 +0000

Who cares which site is better? It’s still not right for them to take away the option when they could have just as easily left both on there for the customer to choose from!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:42:23 +0000

Shawn,
The change in home page doesn’t make me want to leave Verizon in and of itself. The fact that they push apps to your phone that you don’t want and they disable or remove apps you do want(google search was gone for me, I had to reinstall it) is the problem. That’s unacceptable. The way I see it you have two options. You can bitch about it until they change it or you can leave for another provider. Nexus one comes out Q1 of next year and it’s GSM. Combine the ability for me to pick up an unlocked phone that blows the droid out of the water with all this nonsense and it is plenty of reason to abandon Verizon.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:37:17 +0000

Exactly. I don’t even have to click on a website to get my answer with google. Bing sounds like a juvenile description of a hard-on… which is probably why Ballmer named it that. He wanted excuse to be a perverted, sweaty, jackass.

By: delia

delia — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:19:10 +0000

I’ll join you!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:02:36 +0000

This sucks, but it’s definitely not boycott worthy. Damn people, your gonna drop Verizon because of a start page option change? I really am pissed tho; After using bing for the first time because of this, they display results for web, image and news? wtf?? Google ftw. I’m just gonna change my homepage from the Go To page to Google Mobile search.

By: Doug Mielke

Doug Mielke — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:51:18 +0000

As Kevin has said, this issue is not Bing v Google.

I am a Verizon customer with a basic LG debating on upgrading to a Droid Eris. If Verizon has decided to make my choices of apps for me, I will probably let my plan expire in mid-January and find another carrier to screw me over.

It’s all about the network. And in this case, possibly the network is the customer base in revolt.