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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)

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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And it's pissing users like me off. I have one laptop for work and one for home. My work laptop has a professional work profile and for some of the programs I'm required to use I need Microsoft apps like edge and office. As a result I get these popups non stop when opening edge. I also am not an administrator on the work laptop so I literally cannot just decide to upgrade from windows 10 to Windows 11. If the damn thing would stop blocking my work flow with full page ads, that would be awesome.

[-] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean on one hand, terrible behavior. On the other, good.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, if it's just a switch to Bing it's not really any better.

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[-] uranibaba@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've never seen this pop-up before. Do I already have Bing as default?

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[-] mac12m99@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

I am the only one that use Linux and bing as a default search? (On firefox) I personally think bing have better results than google right now

[-] adeoxymus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I also agree bing is nowadays often superior to Google, they're also better than DDG imo.

While it's a good thing that Google gets serious competition, I don't know if Microsoft is the best company for that role. In both cases the incentives are not necessarily aligned with the customer.

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