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const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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

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const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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The Verge's Tom Warren was one of those who feared his PC had been infected when a pop-up appeared asking him to switch his default search engine...
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    Edge* is fucking shitty, to boot. It keeps serving my grandma fucking scam ads, how in the ever-loving motherfuck is that a thing in an official Microsoft browser?

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      Are you expecting a browser to filter search results for you? The blame should go to the search engine, and you should be using an ad blocker to boot.

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        You’re conflating search results with ads

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          Google and Bing do as well.

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            Sure but the person you replied to did not

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        [sass-reduced because having written the wrong damn thing, it’s my fault]

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          Huh, I’ve never actually used Edge, so I assumed you were talking about Bing search results, since you said Bing served your grandmother ads.

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            Shit, I just noticed, that is what I said. And here I’m being all sassy. My bad - I did mean Edge of course.

            (Edge really is fucking awful though, so you’re lucky, I guess)

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