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Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Sep 2017
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OS: iOS
Pri: 3
Type: Bug



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[Stable Forum] Can't set Bing as default search engine in Chrome for iOS in China

Project Member Reported by hongchic...@chromium.org, Sep 15 2017

Issue description

Chrome Version: 61.0.3163.73
OS: iOS

What steps will reproduce the problem?
User lives in China but not able to set Bing as default search in Chrome for iOS. User only see "Google", "Baidu", "Sogo", and "360"as options.

We have not seen this from in-app feedback yet. 

Forum link:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/uRRb72UG_xw;context-place=topicsearchin/chrome/Can$27t$20use$20Bing$20as$20default$20search$20engine$20in$20Chrome$20for$20iOS


 
Components: UI>Browser>Search

Comment 2 by edchin@chromium.org, Sep 18 2017

Cc: pkl@chromium.org rohitrao@chromium.org
Cc: pmadalla@chromium.org vbhatso...@chromium.org
Labels: Needs-Feedback
Vinutha do you mind checking if you can repro this issue today? If you can't finish maybe Pramod can pick up in HYD time zone later.
This is intentional: https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/search_engines/template_url_prepopulate_data.cc?q=engines_CN&sq=package:chromium&l=147

I don't know the reasoning for why, but pkasting or mpearson might.
Cc: pkasting@chromium.org mpear...@chromium.org
Adding pkasting and mpearson to the bug
Labels: -Needs-Feedback
Status: WontFix (was: Untriaged)
I'm not comfortable elaborating on the specific engines we have or why in a discoverable forum.  The lack of Bing in this case is both intentional and consistent with our policies that govern the DSE choices in all countries.

Data behind this specific case was last reconsidered a few years ago, so if you believe the situation has changed significantly in the past few years, it may be appropriate to reconsider.  In that case, we'd probably want to do a broader, worldwide re-review as a separate bug.

Comment 8 by al_...@hotmail.com, Sep 27 2017

Hello Team,

I'm also a user from China, Bing is a very useful option for us as we cannot use Google with standard network. And I just saw your source code in https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/search_engines/template_url_prepopulate_data.cc?q=engines_CN&sq=package:chromium&l=147, could you please add Bing as one option in 

// China
const PrepopulatedEngine* const engines_CN[] = {
    &google, &baidu, &sogou, &so_360,
};

or provide a function to change the region of Chrome?

Thanks and best regards,
Frank

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