Bing has become Annoying Lately

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They add this overlay that I can't seem to get rid of...........advertising their new A.I. search........and can't scroll through or read though some of the news items on a ribbon that is hiding behind a blur fluent style overlay pushing their new search..............at least they should add a "x" where you can ditch the overlay, but you cannot. You are forced to deal with this......as if I really cared about their stupid new toy. Any thoughts? Suggestions? care or don't care.............?   Feel free to disagree.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Annoying is the least of it. The privacy concerns are staggering: 

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/08/consider-these-privacy-implications-before-joining-microsofts-bing-waitlist/

The monetization of users is staggering. I fully understand those saying, "Enough!" and heading to Linux.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting teddybearcholla, reply 2

And what is a Bing?

In my mind's eye I see Joe Pesci and hear, "What's a grit?"

"Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search. Bing offers a broad spectrum of search services, encompassing web, video, image, and map search products, all developed using ASP.NET." - Wikipedia

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And in my mind I thought maybe it was going to be the next  Windows after 11. :blush:  

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

I use a browser that defaulted to bing search engine on install, so I tried using bing for a while.

I gave it a chance but I went back to google because I like it better.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I wouldn't mind too much using Bing if their search results were better than Google, but they're not. Sometimes even quite bad.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well everything from Microsoft has been really annoying lately. It all started with Windows 11. Went downhill from there.