If you don’t think bing rewards are that great, you can always tell Microsoft to send a small amount of money to a charity instead of getting the rewards.
Yes, I’ve been using Bing as my search engine for several years. At first I started using it because I was able to earn points for searches with Microsoft Rewards, but now I just use it because I like it.
Same here. Never had a problem finding what I need and generally prefer the interface. Getting corporate results on my work system is also pretty awesome.
I would love to use Bing, but it doesn’t want to load the homepage on my shitty rural internet. Unless there’s a better version that doesn’t clog up the homepage with images.
I can find what I want there, but that’s about it.
To be fair, nowadays that’s the highest praise a search engine will get. No one will make it easy to find stuff anymore. Being possible is the best you get.
Fun fact: yandex.com is superior in every sense to Google search now, at least in desktop mode.
Yes, the Russian search engine.
When I work with Google I get the feeling of going back to times when altavista was still a thing.
Oh I do know about Yandex, mail.ru, Kaspersky and other Russian online services.
I simply do not use them for anything more important than finding the name of some pornstar from a pic, or something… 😎
I use Bing Chat a lot when researching things but for regular searches I prefer Google. Bing seems to be great for US based users but I have a hard time finding stuff in my language or my area.
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I just use it for rewards points so I can get free months of game pass.
Does playing with the AI count?
I love how bing is the only AI capable of ending a conversation with you on its own. Pure savagery.
When I can’t find something on Google, I usually switch to Ecosia (which uses Bing). It can have better results, depending on the topic.
Duckduckgo actually uses Bing for search results. Unless something changed.
Largely true, though the full answer is a bit more nuanced.
Source.
Ecosia.org too
Bing Rewards is great, out of the two, at least Microsoft pays me for my info.
If you don’t think bing rewards are that great, you can always tell Microsoft to send a small amount of money to a charity instead of getting the rewards.
I use Google with DuckDuckGo as a backup if I ever wanted to search something that google likes to censor (like “how to downloading a car”).
It’s the default browser whenever I use Edge, but that’s about it.
Yes, I’ve been using Bing as my search engine for several years. At first I started using it because I was able to earn points for searches with Microsoft Rewards, but now I just use it because I like it.
Same here. Never had a problem finding what I need and generally prefer the interface. Getting corporate results on my work system is also pretty awesome.
I love Bing, rewards is nice, and the results are less manipulated than google
I would love to use Bing, but it doesn’t want to load the homepage on my shitty rural internet. Unless there’s a better version that doesn’t clog up the homepage with images.
I’d say it’s changing very quickly due to ai. Otherwise it wasn’t any good
Yes, I use Bing. I got sick of Google’s ads, not to mention having to click through two pages of useless boosted links. Bing is quicker and cleaner.
Yes. I work in corporate environment that uses very restrictive approach to websurfing. Because of that I’m using Edge and Bing while working.
I can find what I want there, but that’s about it.
To be fair, nowadays that’s the highest praise a search engine will get. No one will make it easy to find stuff anymore. Being possible is the best you get.
Fun fact: yandex.com is superior in every sense to Google search now, at least in desktop mode. Yes, the Russian search engine. When I work with Google I get the feeling of going back to times when altavista was still a thing.
…what a time to be alive.
Not saying Google isn’t spying on you, but with Yandex you get into Russian government territory.
Decide yourself who should get your information.
Oh I do know about Yandex, mail.ru, Kaspersky and other Russian online services. I simply do not use them for anything more important than finding the name of some pornstar from a pic, or something… 😎
I use Bing Chat a lot when researching things but for regular searches I prefer Google. Bing seems to be great for US based users but I have a hard time finding stuff in my language or my area.
I use whoogle, an open source frontend for Google that’s strips all the bullshit out.
i liked it but it’s more slower than Google…