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Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing using Office 365 installer

Nic-Automox
January 23, 2020 at 3:45 pm UTC

and here’s the reddit sysadmin thread about it:

If you start getting tickets about why users’ search engine is now Bing, you’ll know why!

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AdamGourlayJanuary 27, 2020
#1

I’m sure Google will release an update to counter this. Seems very silly to me.

Nic-AutomoxFebruary 11, 2020
#2

Looks like MS thought better of this idea:

dimforestFebruary 12, 2020
#3

I wonder if they did this intentionally just to see what kind of feedback they’d get regarding Bing and once it was (no shocker here) almost entirely negative feedback, they swoop in like a hero and repeal it so we can all talk about how Good Guy Microsoft listens to their customers.

Nic-AutomoxFebruary 12, 2020
#4

There was a lot of speculation to that effect in the reddit thread. They’re gonna keep pushing Bing as much as they can get away with. At least until some anti-trust fines end up happening.