When you visit the Google’s chatbot bard’s website in Microsoft Bing. A New Button pops up besides the search bar which lets you compare bard results with Bing chat’s. I have no idea why they implemented this, well maybe to show off the their chatbot is better than bard or something?

  • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev
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    1 year ago

    Not really one to defend Google, but Microsoft is out of line on this (and a lot of other stuff they do). Sadly our Congresspeople are pretty much owned by these corps and won’t do anything about it.

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      1 year ago

      You mean like when you visit a Google service (Gmail, Google, Maps …) on a non Chrome browser it bugs incessantly to switch?

      It’s pervasive and it stinks, but it’s not Microsoft. It’s our current capitalist gestalt.

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          1 year ago

          Does Firefox even have any other service beside their broswer which they could use for such a promotion?

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              1 year ago

              Pocket is one where I wish Firefox Mobile had integration instead of needing a separate app.

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          It happens on Edge but not Firefox I believe. My work laptop defaults to Edge (and we use all Microsoft Web services so I haven’t cared to switch the default) and Google services prompt to try Chrome there.

          Edit: I just checked and it doesn’t seem to be there. Either I imagined it or they removed it.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve been using Firefox for years to access Google services, and have never ever had a single issue. I hope it stays this way, with all this Web Environment Integrity shenanigans they are pushing for at the moment.

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        1 year ago

        You did not imagine that. I remember back when Google was being obnoxious about that. They cut it out years ago though, possibly after some bad pr over it.