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Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh "bribery" backlash.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 8 points 3 days ago

Not worth it

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

What’s the small print? Edge is already a requirement for me at work.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You know that edge injects a popup into the chrome download page begging you to use edge. It says something like "Hey dont you know that edge is actually built on Chrome as well and blah blah blah copilot AI"

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Perhaps make a better product...

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Wow. That’s super sad.

Goddamn microsoft. Get it together.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm ok with being broke but still using Opera.

Yes I know it's Chinese compromised. Yes I know all tech company bent the knee to Trump. I just prefer Opera because edge is crap, Chrome is bloated, and I've never liked Firefox.

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How about you give me $1 Million AND the car, and I promise that I'll use Edge for an extensive* amount of time!

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

How is my browser downloader going to help me win a million dollars?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Win a car that ~~may be~~ will be spying on you (don't worry, no one will ever win the million dollars).

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

An edge for an edge for an edge.

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