▲ 742 ▼ Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing (www.techspot.com) submitted 2 years ago by const_void@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hayhay@programming.dev 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s wild because Bing is generally quite good now, but I switched away from it recently because it kept trying to advertise edge… Meanwhile edge tries to advertise “pay later” schemes and really gets in your face about bing… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) So to be honest, I did use Bing for a good while, mostly for the rewards, and it wasn't bad, but at some point I was using a Canadian IP with a VPN, and Microsoft stubbornly switched everything to Canadian currency and would no longer let me redeem my rewards with US dollars or within the US lol. Honestly, it's one thing that nudged me to start thinking more about using a search engine that's not as problematic as Google or Bing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hayhay@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I’ve had similar experiences with Microsoft switching my currency out of nowhere and it was weird… Recently been using Brave Search but in general I feel like there just aren’t any good search engines anymore? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Spiritreader@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It was a really good time when the new chromium edge just came out and was a lean, quick and bs-free browser with a few power user features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) So to be honest, I did use Bing for a good while, mostly for the rewards, and it wasn't bad, but at some point I was using a Canadian IP with a VPN, and Microsoft stubbornly switched everything to Canadian currency and would no longer let me redeem my rewards with US dollars or within the US lol. Honestly, it's one thing that nudged me to start thinking more about using a search engine that's not as problematic as Google or Bing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hayhay@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I’ve had similar experiences with Microsoft switching my currency out of nowhere and it was weird… Recently been using Brave Search but in general I feel like there just aren’t any good search engines anymore? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hayhay@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I’ve had similar experiences with Microsoft switching my currency out of nowhere and it was weird… Recently been using Brave Search but in general I feel like there just aren’t any good search engines anymore? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spiritreader@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It was a really good time when the new chromium edge just came out and was a lean, quick and bs-free browser with a few power user features. permalink fedilink source parent