Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch GoogleDocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 1388 points – 1 years agotheverge.com367Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI mean, if it's just a switch to Bing it's not really any better.I mean I see your point, but you cold also argue that anything that can weaken a monopoly is a good thing, in the grand scheme of thingsWho’s monopoly are we talking about? If that’s the goal then Firefox + DuckDuckGo would be more sensible right?DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorshipI think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.Of course it would be more sensible, but that was not the point I mean, if it’s just a switch to Bing it’s not really any better. Search wise? No. Competition wise? Yes. Google has too much power.
I mean, if it's just a switch to Bing it's not really any better.I mean I see your point, but you cold also argue that anything that can weaken a monopoly is a good thing, in the grand scheme of thingsWho’s monopoly are we talking about? If that’s the goal then Firefox + DuckDuckGo would be more sensible right?DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorshipI think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.Of course it would be more sensible, but that was not the point I mean, if it’s just a switch to Bing it’s not really any better. Search wise? No. Competition wise? Yes. Google has too much power.
I mean I see your point, but you cold also argue that anything that can weaken a monopoly is a good thing, in the grand scheme of thingsWho’s monopoly are we talking about? If that’s the goal then Firefox + DuckDuckGo would be more sensible right?DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorshipI think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.Of course it would be more sensible, but that was not the point
Who’s monopoly are we talking about? If that’s the goal then Firefox + DuckDuckGo would be more sensible right?DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorshipI think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.Of course it would be more sensible, but that was not the point
DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorshipI think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.
I think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.
I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.
Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.
100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.
I mean, if it’s just a switch to Bing it’s not really any better. Search wise? No. Competition wise? Yes. Google has too much power.
I mean, if it's just a switch to Bing it's not really any better.
I mean I see your point, but you cold also argue that anything that can weaken a monopoly is a good thing, in the grand scheme of things
Who’s monopoly are we talking about? If that’s the goal then Firefox + DuckDuckGo would be more sensible right?
DuckDuckGo's search results suck, is there another alternative I can use that gets its indexes from google? I don't care about censorship
I think Ecosia pulls results from Bing if that’s any better? I use them occasionally but generally prefer DDG.
I use StartPage but it's incredibly slow.
Ah yeh, I tried StartPage for a while. IIRC the image results page wasn’t so great. Not many filter options and so on.
100% but Microsoft and Google splitting 50 - 50 would be better than the current Google 90 - 9.9 - 0.1 it currently is.
Of course it would be more sensible, but that was not the point
Search wise? No. Competition wise? Yes.
Google has too much power.