Arr, Microsoft be drownin' in despair for more Bing mateys, but this vexin' Edge pop-up be no solution, aye!
2023-12-19
Arr, Microsoft be takin' a beatin' fer foistin' Bing search upon us – shouldn't these here annoyin' pop-ups be put to an end? Methinks 'tis high time, me hearties!
Microsoft is once again trying to persuade users to use its products, this time by pushing Edge users to switch their search engine to Bing. Developer Brad Sams highlighted this "anti-user behavior" in a tweet, showing that he was prompted to switch to Bing as the default search engine. This is not the first time Microsoft has promoted Bing in this way, as they have also pushed Edge and OneDrive. However, Bing continues to struggle against Google, with only a 3.2% market share as of November 2023.Microsoft had hoped that Bing Chat, now called Copilot, would increase Bing's user base, but this has not happened. Bing's market share has only increased by 0.2% over the year. Microsoft is now focusing on what its products can do for Copilot, rather than what Copilot can do for the products. Despite this, Microsoft's prompts in Edge, Windows 11, and other platforms to switch to their products are becoming more prevalent.
While Google also promotes its own products, Microsoft seems to do so more often. The article concludes by asking Microsoft to stop these prompts in 2024. Additionally, it mentions related articles about the comparison between Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome, Microsoft's efforts to beat Chrome, and the possibility of Google bringing AI writing tools to Chromebooks.