Microsoft wants you to use Bing so badly — using "deceptive tactics" to transform the search engine into an imitation of Google

[Windows Central]

Microsoft is reportedly using deceptive tactics to grow its market share against Google in the search landscape by making Bing look like Google.

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[GraniteStateColin]

Either this was just something in A/B testing or MS has pulled it. I'm not able to reproduce this result. I can't paste the image here, but I get a regular Bing set of search results that starts with Google on top, with direct indented links to Gmail, Maps, Drive, etc. It's all exactly what you would expect.

Full disclosure, I only use Bing for search in Edge. I do use Google for search on the rare occasion when I launch the Chrome browser, generally for doing something in YouTube that Google has intentionally broken in Edge or to check my rarely used gmail account. I prefer not to use Google services in Edge, but fortunately, I rarely need any Google services.

 

[HeyCori]

I tried and couldn't get it to pull up. Honestly, it's such an obvious rip-off that it almost looks like an April Fool's joke that somehow got out of the lap.

 

[naddy69]

I swear I don't understand all the hoopla about searching. I have been using Yahoo since before Google existed. I have never used Google. I have occasionally used Bing. I have never failed to find what I am looking for using Yahoo or Bing.

Does it really matter which one you use?

If Google can no longer pay Apple to be the default search, what will Apple do? My guess is that there will be a pop up on each new iOS install that asks "Choose your default search". Most people will still choose Google, because that's what they are used to.

So Google will retain their leading position but will no longer have to pay for it. Win/Win for Google.

And of course, Win for the lawyers.