Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing

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Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing
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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…

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.

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?

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.