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Ahoy! The Bing Wallpaper treasure be on the Microsoft Store, but beware, matey – hidden plunder may await ye!

2024-11-21

Arrr, matey! If the scuttlebutt be true on the digital seas, best be avoiding the cursed Bing Wallpaper and hoist yer sails for Windows Spotlight instead! Aye, ‘tis a treasure worth seekin’, lest ye be caught in a web of mediocrity!

Ahoy me hearties! Gather 'round and lend an ear to the tale of the Bing Wallpaper app, freshly docked at the Microsoft Store, ready to adorn yer Windows 11 ship with daily images from the murky depths of the Internet! Aye, ‘tis free, unlike those scallywag rival apps that be plundering yer gold for a mere wallpaper!

But fear not, fer this be no ordinary treasure. While it promises beauty, whispers from the seafarers of tech warn of dark deeds lurking beneath its surface! A clever rogue named Rafael Rivera claims the app be a sneaky beast, installing “Bing Visual Search” and rummaging through yer precious cookies from Chrome and Firefox like a pirate in a rum cellar!

As if that be not enough, it tries to woo ye into using Microsoft’s own wares, opening new tabs in Chrome to peddle its wares! This “Bing Growth Apps” trickery runs in the shadows, pressuring ye to abandon ship and sail with Bing instead! So, savvy sailors, beware of this wallpaper fiend, for it may just be a siren luring ye to rocky shores!

In the end, ye be better off with the Windows Spotlight, a built-in feature that’s as good as gold without the risk of mutiny. So hoist yer Jolly Roger and sail clear of this rapscallion app!

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