Yes, this really is free money from Microsoft. What to know.
Microsoft has launched a new rewards program offering Chrome users “real cash value” points to switch to Edge browser[1]. When users search for “Chrome” on Bing, they receive a prompt offering 1,300 Microsoft Rewards points that can be exchanged for gift cards, including on Amazon[1:1].
The Browser Choice Alliance, representing Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi, criticizes this as Microsoft’s latest tactic to manipulate browser choice, following earlier practices like “forced resets, misleading prompts, and hidden settings”[1:2].
The market context shows why Microsoft is pursuing this strategy - Edge holds less than 9% market share compared to Chrome’s 78%[1:3]. The rewards program appears targeted specifically at Chrome users, with Windows Latest noting “we’re not seeing ads for other browsers, such as Opera, Firefox or Brave”[1:4].
@null@Zerush Well I mean it’s very good at silently downloading files from remote servers without telling you, if that’s what you mean. It does it for other people all the time.
For everyone bitching about Win 11, I agree - however - I’ve been using Win 11 LTSC IoT version which is basically a naked version of Win11 with zero bulk, bloat, or unnecessary BS. It’s for my consulting workstation. My daily driver at home is Arch. :)
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Surely Windows has
curlbuilt in@null @Zerush Well I mean it’s very good at silently downloading files from remote servers without telling you, if that’s what you mean. It does it for other people all the time.
And ‘wget’ I believe.
cmd:
winget install Mozilla.FirefoxLove this.
For everyone bitching about Win 11, I agree - however - I’ve been using Win 11 LTSC IoT version which is basically a naked version of Win11 with zero bulk, bloat, or unnecessary BS. It’s for my consulting workstation. My daily driver at home is Arch. :)
If only us mere mortals could gain access these official non-bloated versions that do exist. 😔
Edit: I use Arch btw for my servers. 💪
You can… massgrave.dev
Thanks!
To the grave 🤫 🫡
I mean, unless you’re a legend and memorized the Firefox latest release URL you still have to navigate to a website to get the link.
Unless you have a Graphene or Linux phone it’s probably just as bad if not worse than using Edge.