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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
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this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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Install Linux, problem solved
I use Arch btw
Congrats
Thank you thank you
My work computer is macOS and I've never seen a recommendation to use Bing despite using a ton of Microsoft products for work.
My personal computers run Linux, and again, no MS spam.
So yeah, don't use Windows and you won't get MS spam. You should probably also use DuckDuckGo or another privacy-centric search engine.
I've dropped google search for DDG some 4 years ago, never looked back.
If these days I just try google search for laughs it's just sad, it's full with bot spam now