Bing Won’t Let You Switch Back

Change back to Google Search? The "Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome" extension changed search to use bing.com Change it back Keep it Wait—don’t change it back! If you do, you’ll turn off Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome and lose access to Bing search and wallpapers Select Keep it to continue searching with Microsoft Bing

A screenshot shows Google Chrome asking whether to switch back to Google Search, while a Microsoft Bing prompt urgently warns the user not to change it back and to keep Bing. The joke is that Bing behaves like a desperate, possessive service trying to prevent the user from returning to Google, making this useful as a reaction to clingy software or unwanted defaults. EN: A screenshot shows Google Chrome asking whether to switch back to Google Search, while a Microsoft Bing prompt urgently warns the user not to change it back and to keep Bing. The joke is that Bing behaves like a desperate, possessive service trying to prevent the user from returning to Google, making this useful as a reaction to clingy software or unwanted defaults.

• @gentoomemes / 3299 2023-03-21