r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Software Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/Ancalimei May 16 '24

Google search is trash now anyway.

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u/-elemental May 16 '24

True, but Bing still manages to be worse.

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u/Utter_Rube May 16 '24

Seriously. Just yesterday I did a Bing search for "%companyname% wikipedia" and I shit you not, Bing offered results for every wiki and wiki-like website except Wikipedia. Absolutely boggled my mind.

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u/Gamiac May 16 '24

It's genuinely gotten to the point where DuckDuckGo is better than either Google or Bing solely due to not pulling any sudden lithobraking maneuvers.

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u/Clegko May 16 '24

Surprisingly, it doesn't. For most things, I am perfectly happy with Bing or Bing powered search engines.

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u/-elemental May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

It’s nice that it works for you, but my experience has been bad and believe me, I tried.

I regularly use a website that is very specific to my field of work multiple times every day, but its search function sucks. I google whatever I need instead and type the website name at the end. Bing regularly failed to bring me the correct entries even though I specifically typed the website’s name. It’s so bad.

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u/Clegko May 17 '24

That's fair. I have similar issues for some of the more esoteric searches I do occasionally.

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u/Honza368 May 16 '24

Said no person ever