Does Microsoft advertise Apple in it's OS?

The short answer is no. The long answer is hell fucking no because that would be stupid as hell. Microsoft developed an OS (let's not get into stolen components and what not) and they sell it as a tool to use your computer. Apple doesn't seem to really care that their tool is not represented somewhere is Microsoft's tool either. That's because it's neither expected or required.

So... if Google decides to advertise Google+ within search results and not include Facebook, Twitter, etc it doesn't fucking matter. They have no reason to comply with any request put forth by those companies to do so either. It seems that people forget Google is a company with shareholders and things like that. The point of the company is to make money. They developed their search tool and have done a very successful job of it. Nobody ever says "Search the internet for it", they say "Google it". So if they ad a feature that integrates search results for other products they've made then that is their right.

I personally do not like the new feature. If I wanted to find something on Google+ I'd search there. That's why I turned it off. If Mark Zuckerberg and whoever the hell runs Twitter has a problem with that, they should turn it off as well.

Granted that Google search results have become an integral part of the internet. Imagine if Google had decided to block out more than their logo in protest of SOPA. The world wouldn't have shut down and banks would still operate, but 90% of Americans would have been lost. This article states that Google may be losing site of it's core job, search results; I disagree. Google still provides the best search results available. If I have to skip over a youtube video or turn off the search plus you feature I will do so.

If this was user outrage I could understand, but this is all brought about by other companies feeling Google has given itself an unfair advantage. Perhaps they should make their own search engine and not include Google product results. Just block out Blogger, YouTube, Google+, Picasa, and Code. Their users will have the advantage of not having to sift through as much useful information.