Sadly, other global users won’t reap the benefits of default search diversity…yet at least. For now this boon remains cordoned off to EU members only with a tentative early 2024 rollout in the works. A clear win for European policy pressure in theory, but a loss for everyone held back another day from flexible browser DNS alternatives out the gate.
Baby steps nonetheless; there was a time not long ago when Google building ANY competitor options into Chrome felt inconceivable. And who knows – if EU adoption proves popular down the line, expanding user choice could become an obligation worldwide. But those outside Europe need not hold their breath anytime soon.
