Microsoft has launched a new rewards program offering Chrome users “real cash value” points to switch to Edge browser[1]. When users search for “Chrome” on Bing, they receive a prompt offering 1,300 Microsoft Rewards points that can be exchanged for gift cards, including on Amazon[1:1].
The Browser Choice Alliance, representing Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi, criticizes this as Microsoft’s latest tactic to manipulate browser choice, following earlier practices like “forced resets, misleading prompts, and hidden settings”[1:2].
The market context shows why Microsoft is pursuing this strategy - Edge holds less than 9% market share compared to Chrome’s 78%[1:3]. The rewards program appears targeted specifically at Chrome users, with Windows Latest noting “we’re not seeing ads for other browsers, such as Opera, Firefox or Brave”[1:4].
Quick google search tells me that is about a buck fifty.
Maybe if they paid me that for every minute I use their browser, I would give in.
Use a better search, googol sucks and was never any good.
Ok google sucks and people should not use it, but claiming it was never any good is just rewriting history because you dont like the present
There’s a reason why Google became one of the most valuable companies in the world. They USED to be a decent company with a decent product. But that has long since passed.
@aeternum @technology Remember “don’t be evil” ? I’m thinking that’s not the company slogan anymore.
I do indeed. Many years ago, I loved google. I used all their products and everything was good. gmail was a pioneer. 1GB of storage while the other email providers were providing 10-20MB. I was in the beta for gmail, and i adored it. I had it for many years. Then enshittification happened, and that all changed. Fuck google so hard.
@aeternum I’m a workspace user and after the news the other day, about them helping ICE with facial recognition, I want out so bad. . . Looking for alternatives, and I’m a die hard Mac user, so 365 is a hard pass.
From the news. . . “This includes hosting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants and removing community-developed apps that alerted people to ICE activity. “